Definitions for: Glebe

[n] plot of land belonging to an English parish church or an ecclesiastical office

Webster (1913) 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.

See Also: acres, demesne, estate, land, landed estate