1. plot of land belonging to an English parish church or an ecclesiastical office
中文词源
glebe 土地,(旧时作为牧师收入来源的)田地
来自PIE*glebh, 球体,成球状,词源同global. 引申义土块,泥土。
英文词源
glebe
glebe: see globe
glebe (n.)
late 14c., "soil of the earth; cultivated land;" also "a piece of land forming part of a clergyman's benefice," from Old French glebe, from Latin gleba, glaeba "clod, lump of earth," from PIE *glebh- "to roll into a ball" (cognates: Latin globus "sphere;" Old English clyppan "to embrace;" Lithuanian glebys "armful," globti "to embrace, support").