vicarage.

1. The residence associated with a vicar, especially in a parish.

2. The office or benefice held by a vicar.

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Words that belong together

• an old vicarage
• the parish vicarage

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The vicarage stood apart from the village, reached by a path through the yews.

A lamp remained lit in the vicarage long after the church had closed.

Usage notes

Primary category: gothic. Forms: Singular vicarage; plural vicarages. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.