rectory Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector
    parsonage; vicarage.

WordNet

Rec"to*ry noun
Etymology
Cf. OF. rectorie or rectorerie, LL. rectoria.
Wordforms
plural Rectories
Definitions
  1. The province of a rector; a parish church, parsonage, or spiritual living, with all its rights, tithes, and glebes.
  2. A rector's mansion; a parsonage house.

Webster 1913