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glebe definition

glebe (glēb)

noun

  1. a piece of church land forming part or all of a benefice
  2. Archaic soil; earth; esp., a piece of cultivated land

Etymology: ME < L gleba, clod, lump of earth (in ML(Ec), glebe), akin to globus: see globe

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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