English
wikipedia
Pronunciation
gl�b, /gli�b/, /gli:b/
Usage notes
A number of places are named Glebe
Noun
glebe
- Turf; soil; ground; sod.
- In medieval Europe, a glebe was an area of land, belonging to a parish, whose revenues contributed towards the parish expenses.
Quotations
;soil
#* 1768, w:Thomas Gray|Thomas Gray, s:Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard|Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard,
#*: Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, / Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke;
Derived terms
glebe-house
glebe-land
Italian
Noun
glebe f
- plural of|gleba|lang=Italian
te:glebe
vi:glebe
zh:glebe
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