glebe
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glebe¹
- /ɡliːb/ UK
- /ɡlib/ US
Rhymes with -iːb
Where it comes from
From Old French glebe, from Latin glaeba (“lump of earth, clod”). Doublet of gleba.
noun glebes
- Turf; soil; ground; sod. 1768, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke
- In medieval Europe, an area of land, belonging to a parish, whose revenues contributed towards the parish expenses.
- A field or meadow. Admiring glebes their amber ears unfold, / And Labour sleep amid the waving gold.
- A piece of earth containing ore.
Glebe²
proper noun
- A suburb of Sydney in the Sydney council area, New South Wales, Australia.
- A suburb of the City of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
Translations
Talk about this word "glebe." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/glebe. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. glebe. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/glebe "glebe." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/glebe.Cite this
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title = {glebe},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-07}
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