Clergy house

"Rectory" redirects here. For the office, see Rector. "Parish house" redirects here. For other uses, see Church hall and Parish House. "Parsonage" redirects here. For another use, see Clergy housing allowance.
The former parsonage in Haworth, England, which once served as the Brontë family home and is now the Brontë Parsonage Museum

A clergy house is the residence, or former residence, of one or more priests or ministers of a given religion, serving as both a home and a base for the occupant's ministry. Residences of this type can have a variety of names, such as manse, parsonage, presbytery, rectory, or vicarage.

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