Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: parsonage
IPA transcription: [p'ɑɹsənɪdʒ]
Pronunciations of parsonage
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: parsonage, vicarage, rectory
    Meaning: an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector
Usage examples
  • I returned to the parsonage, very crestfallen.
  • The parsonage was not enough for Padre Passanha; he ought to have a chapel.
  • The parsonage was so altered, both inside and out, that the real pain was less than she had anticipated.
  • "Yes; and when they go, I shall return to the parsonage at Morton: Hannah will accompany me; and this old house will be shut up."
  • You don't remember me I see, but my name is Bell, and once or twice when the parsonage has been full, I've slept here, and tasted your good ale.'
  • But no! she took it all literally, and with such good faith, that Margaret could not help remonstrating with him as they walked slowly away from the parsonage back to their inn.
  • But as his foot touched the land, Onawandah felt that he could do no more, and stretching his arms toward the parsonage, the windows of which glimmered as hospitably as they had done when he first saw them, he said, with a pathetic sort of triumph in his broken voice: "Go.
  • In his broken way, he told how he had fallen ill, and been left to die by enemies who had taken him from his own people, months before; how he had wandered for days till almost sinking; and that he had come now to ask for help, led by the hospitable light in the parsonage window.
  • The little casement window in Margaret's bed-chamber was almost filled up with rose and vine branches; but pushing them aside, and stretching a little out, she could see the tops of the parsonage chimneys above the trees; and distinguish many a well-known line through the leaves.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Sims, North Dakota, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Creagerstown, Maryland, License CC BY-SA 4.0