glebe

Etymology
From, from. .

Noun

 * 1) Turf; soil; ground; sod.
 * 2) * 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
 * 1)  In medieval Europe, an area of land, belonging to a parish, whose revenues contributed towards the parish expenses.
 * 2)  A field or meadow.
 * 3)  A piece of earth containing ore.
 * 1)  A piece of earth containing ore.

Usage notes

 * A number of places are named Glebe.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Macedonian: зе́мја, по́чва
 * Russian:


 * Bulgarian: църковна земя
 * Greek: ,
 * Macedonian: цр́ковно зе́мјиште
 * Scottish Gaelic: glìb