glebe - 01/07/04 12:27 AM
Mencken gives a list of church related English words.
Among them is "glebe".When I lived in Virginia, I used to drive on Glebe Road going from Oakton to Georgetown for appointments at rheumatology clinic. I could not find out
how it got that name.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Definition: \Glebe\, n. [F. gl[`e]be, L. gleba, glaeba, clod, land,
soil.]
1. A lump; a clod.
2. Turf; soil; ground; sod.
Fertile of corn the glebe, of oil, and wine.
--Milton.
3. (Eccl. Law) The land belonging, or yielding revenue, to a
parish church or ecclesiastical benefice.
Among them is "glebe".When I lived in Virginia, I used to drive on Glebe Road going from Oakton to Georgetown for appointments at rheumatology clinic. I could not find out
how it got that name.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Definition: \Glebe\, n. [F. gl[`e]be, L. gleba, glaeba, clod, land,
soil.]
1. A lump; a clod.
2. Turf; soil; ground; sod.
Fertile of corn the glebe, of oil, and wine.
--Milton.
3. (Eccl. Law) The land belonging, or yielding revenue, to a
parish church or ecclesiastical benefice.