vicarage

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the house provided as the official residence of a Church of England vicar

   The vicarage stood beside the church behind a high stone wall.

2. 2
   noun

   the office, benefice, or duties of a vicar

   The bishop offered him the vacant vicarage after years of parish work.

Formed in Middle English from vicar + -age. It first denoted the office or benefice of a vicar and then the house attached to that office. The residential sense is now the usual one in British English.

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