Wondering how to use Rectory in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as parsonage or vicarage.
Rectory in a sentence
Rectory meaning
- Any of certain residences for clergy members.
- The residence of Roman Catholic priest(s) associated with a parish church.
Using Rectory
- The main meaning on this page is: Any of certain residences for clergy members. | The residence of Roman Catholic priest(s) associated with a parish church. | Any of certain residences for clergy members.
- Useful related words include: parsonage, vicarage, residence.
- In the example corpus, rectory often appears in combinations such as: the rectory, old rectory, rectory at.
Context around Rectory
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Rectory
- In this selection, "rectory" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, old, pound, former, grove, care and site stand out and add context to how "rectory" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as a rectory post office and because the rectory where he. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "rectory" sits close to words such as abstention, acadiana and actuarial, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with rectory
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Rectory Farm site from above. (6 words)
Blue Badge holders can park at the Old Rectory. (9 words)
He came to know the bishop’s family from their many visits to the rectory. (15 words)
Since 1940, idealists at Monkton Wyld Court – a Grade II-listed Victorian rectory near Lyme Regis in Dorset – have been exploring 'co-operative living' and sustainable self-sufficiency, while hosting yoga retreats and even the odd orgy. (37 words)
Anita Rose, 57, left her house to take her springer spaniel Bruce for a walk at around 5am on July 24. She was found lying near Rectory Lane in Brantham at around 6.25am. (34 words)
The prince of the Church then repaired to his humble quarters in my country rectory (the shower was not working) and preached the next day to children on how much God loves them. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Because the Rectory, where he grew up, opposite the church, had a very rare cereus cactus growing in its grounds.
Firefighters were called to a house in Rectory Grove, Wickford, after the elderly resident was alerted by their smoke alarm to a fire on the first floor of the property.
Francis McNamee and the staff at the Cathedral of Christ the King and rectory and the parishioners and schools of those parishes I have had the privilege of visiting.
He came to know the bishop’s family from their many visits to the rectory.
Lakshmi Ajith and Tom Matthews with The Old Rectory care home residents, Barbara Kelly and Edward Perryman.
Les Williams looks after the Grade II listed multi-million pound rectory site, which today is known as Queens Beeches.
Lucy and St. Giles Parish displays unbreakable plates and bowls donated for use at the emergency shelter now open at the former rectory of St. Catherine of Siena/St.
Ms Fleming’s written decision concluded the “scale and massing” of the building had resulted in harm to the grade II-listed Old Rectory – the family’s home.
The bishop recalled a painting of the Visitation displayed in the rectory dining room of the parish he served in his second assignment as a priest.
The prince of the Church then repaired to his humble quarters in my country rectory (the shower was not working) and preached the next day to children on how much God loves them.
Anita Rose, 57, left her house to take her springer spaniel Bruce for a walk at around 5am on July 24. She was found lying near Rectory Lane in Brantham at around 6.25am.
Blue Badge holders can park at the Old Rectory.
Dr. Reverien Mfizi has big plans for a vacant church and rectory at 198 Emslie Street.
Internal and external alterations to the eastern end of The Old Rectory to form an ancillary annexe.
Jane Austen was born in 1775 half a mile outside the village, in the rectory at Steventon church, where her father was rector.
Plans for 22 new homes north of Rectory Gardens in Cockerham had previously included a proposed £49,000 for extra places at Ripley St Thomas CE Academy.
Since 1940, idealists at Monkton Wyld Court – a Grade II-listed Victorian rectory near Lyme Regis in Dorset – have been exploring 'co-operative living' and sustainable self-sufficiency, while hosting yoga retreats and even the odd orgy.
The grade-II listed building in the centre of the village has long served the village in various ways over the years, including as a rectory, Post Office, tea room, and village shop.
The Rectory Farm site from above.
The second alleged incident occurred on March 6 after a meeting in the rectory, a church building where priests live.
Common combinations with rectory
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the rectory 13×
- old rectory 7×
- rectory at 5×
- and rectory 3×
- former rectory 3×
- rectory where 2×
- in rectory 2×
- rectory the 2×
- parish rectory 2×
- rectory in 2×