"glebe" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɡliːb/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-glebe.wav Forms: glebes [plural]
enPR: glēb Rhymes: -iːb Etymology: From Old French glebe, from Latin glaeba (“lump of earth, clod”). Doublet of gleba. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|glebe}} Old French glebe, {{uder|en|la|glaeba||lump of earth, clod}} Latin glaeba (“lump of earth, clod”), {{doublet|en|gleba}} Doublet of gleba Head templates: {{en-noun}} glebe (plural glebes)
  1. Turf; soil; ground; sod. Translations (turf): земя (zemja) [feminine] (Bulgarian), почва (počva) [feminine] (Bulgarian), зе́мја (zémja) [feminine] (Macedonian), по́чва (póčva) [feminine] (Macedonian), дёрн (djorn) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-glebe-en-noun-HCfcv0XE Disambiguation of 'turf': 90 4 3 3
  2. (historical) In medieval Europe, an area of land, belonging to a parish, whose revenues contributed towards the parish expenses. Tags: historical Translations (area of land belonging to a parish): църковна земя (cǎrkovna zemja) [feminine] (Bulgarian), βακούφι (vakoúfi) [neuter] (Greek), μετόχι (metóchi) [neuter] (Greek), цр́ковно зе́мјиште (cŕkovno zémjište) [neuter] (Macedonian), glìb [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-glebe-en-noun-WAl5LSPQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 63 6 8 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 18 67 8 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 61 12 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 12 74 8 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 75 8 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 25 61 8 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 16 63 11 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 14 72 8 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 12 73 8 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 15 69 9 7 Disambiguation of 'area of land belonging to a parish': 3 93 2 2
  3. (poetic) A field or meadow. Tags: poetic
    Sense id: en-glebe-en-noun-4CHjyOQY
  4. (mining) A piece of earth containing ore. Categories (topical): Mining
    Sense id: en-glebe-en-noun-t73korpZ Topics: business, mining
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: glebe-house, glebe-farm, glebe-land

Inflected forms

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