parsonage

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: par=son=age

CIDE DICTIONARY

parsonage, n. 

•  A certain portion of lands, tithes, and offerings, for the maintenance of the parson of a parish.  [1913 Webster]
•  The glebe and house, or the house only, owned by a parish or ecclesiastical society, and appropriated to the maintenance or use of the incumbent or settled pastor.  [1913 Webster]
•  Money paid for the support of a parson.  [1913 Webster]

  "What have I been paying stipend and teind, parsonage and vicarage, for?"  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

parsonage, n. a church house provided for a parson.

THESAURUS

parsonage

Dymaxion house, White House, adobe house, building, casa, church house, clergy house, cliff dwelling, consulate, country house, country seat, dacha, deanery, dwelling house, edifice, embassy, erection, fabric, farm, farmhouse, glebe, hall, house, houseboat, lake dwelling, living machine, lodge, manor house, manse, pastorage, pastorate, penthouse, prefabricated house, presbytery, presidential palace, ranch house, rectory, roof, skyscraper, sod house, split-level, structure, town house, vicarage

ROGET THESAURUS

parsonage

Temple

N temple, place of worship, house of God, house of prayer, temple, cathedral, minster, church, kirk, chapel, meetinghouse, bethel, tabernacle, conventicle, basilica, fane, holy place, chantry, oratory, synagogue, mosque, marabout, pantheon, pagoda, joss house, dogobah, tope, kiosk, kiack, masjid, parsonage, rectory, vicarage, manse, deanery, glebe, Vatican, bishop's palace, Lambeth, altar, shrine, sanctuary, Holy of Holies, sanctum sanctorum, sacristy, sacrarium, communion table, holy table, Lord's table, table of the Lord, pyx, baptistery, font, piscina, stoup, aumbry, sedile, reredos, rood loft, rood screen, chancel, quire, choir, nave, aisle, transept, vestry, crypt, golgotha, calvary, Easter sepulcher, stall, pew, pulpit, ambo, lectern, reading desk, confessional, prothesis, credence, baldachin, baldacchino, apse, belfry, chapter house, presbytery, anxious-bench, anxious-seat, diaconicum, jube, mourner's bench, mourner's seat, cloisters, churchyard, monastery, priory, abbey, friary, convent, nunnery, cloister, claustral, cloistered, monastic, monasterial, conventual, ne vile fano, there's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple.