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rectory Hist. 
n. in colonial times, a Church of England benefice, the stipend for which came from an endowment fund built up from the sale of the Clergy Reserves, an arrangement which proved to be one of the principal grievances of the Reformers of the period.
See also: Clergy Reserves
- 1828 This construction was viewed as being of a forced nature, and inapplicable to the more definite construction, which the Law itself gives--such as "Parsonages"--"rectories"--"Clergy of the Church of England"--"duly ordained according to the rights [sic] of the said Church."
- 1832 (1953) . . . a church is about to be built in Adelaide, and a Mr. Conin . . . is appointed to the situation. Those clerical appointments are now called Rectories, and will become most desirable settlements for zealous and unambitious clergymen.
- 1855 I firmly believe that the Church would do better, make better progress, and be in a far healthier position than she now is, were the rectories not in existence.
- 1828 This construction was viewed as being of a forced nature, and inapplicable to the more definite construction, which the Law itself gives--such as "Parsonages"--"rectories"--"Clergy of the Church of England"--"duly ordained according to the rights [sic] of the said Church."