glebe

Meaning

1. Turf; soil; ground; sod.
2. (historical) In medieval Europe, an area of land, belonging to a parish, whose revenues contributed towards the parish expenses.
3. (poetic) 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

Translations

glèbe

μετόχι

toprak

βακούφι

Grasteppich

Turf

Rasendecke

Soden

έδαφος

gleba

cotica

land

grasmat/-zode

potjat

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡliːb/

Etymology

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