glebe

Meaning

1. Turf; soil; ground; sod.
2. In medieval Europe, an area of land, belonging to a parish, whose revenues contributed towards the parish expenses.
3. A field or meadow.
4. A piece of earth containing ore.

Synonyms

clod

greensward

ground

soil

sward

terrain

territory

turf

clod of earth

monastery dependency

metochion

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡliːb/

Etymology

From Old French glebe, from Latin glaeba (“lump of earth, clod”). Doublet of gleba.