A residence provided for an ecclesiastic. Obsolete.

Originally: an ecclesiastical residence (parochial or collegiate). Now: spec. a house allocated to or occupied by a minister of certain Nonconformist…

An official residence, formerly esp. one which related to an ecclesiastical benefice. Now chiefly in sense 2b.

a parsonage, manse (now only in Ireland); also †glebe-land house.

In France and French-speaking regions: the house of a Roman Catholic priest. Cf. presbytery, n. 6.

The residence of a presbyter or priest; now spec. the residence of a Roman Catholic priest or priests. Also more fully presbytery-house.

the house of a parish priest; = presbytery, n. 6.

the residence of a clergyman; also, a house of residence for all the clergy having sole or subordinate charge of a living.