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glebe

Meaningclod or soil

Common meaning: land belonging to a parish church

Journey through time

  1. Latingleba‘clod or soil’source
  2. Old Frenchmeaning shiftsclod or soil → landglebe‘land’source
  3. Englishglebe‘land belonging to a parish church’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin gleba ‘clod or soil’.

Roots

  • gleba Latin “clod or soil”

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