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rectory

/rek-tuh-ree/US // ˈrɛk tə ri //UK // (ˈrɛktərɪ) //

院长室,院长办公室,教区,教区长室

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural rec·to·ries.

    • : a rector's house; parsonage.
    • : British. a benefice held by a rector.

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Examples

  • They followed Weber into the rectory to find Freed sprawled and unresponsive, amid signs of a forced entry and a violent struggle.

  • He sat behind his desk in the rectory, and the magnitude of what had happened came over him.

  • First, Father Johannes Baptiste is found in the rectory, his throat slit.

  • The police on the scene were in for more than one surprise at the St. Aloysius rectory.

  • A SWAT team converged on the rectory, which is less than a mile from the town square.

  • Nothing is there except the rectory, the church just across the way, the grange, and half a dozen thatched cottages.

  • The rectory, which is directly by the church, is a very old building, though it has been modernized on the side fronting the road.

  • I shall not go to the Rectory, but put up at the King's Head, and to which you may address letters.

  • First, nothing was to be expected from investigation at the Rectory; and to be brief, nothing has transpired.

  • He is still at the church; but we dare say he would be willing to leave it for a rectory, if one were offered, with £500 a year.