1. the house provided for a minister or pastor of a church

Examples

• The new minister moved into the parsonage next to the church.
• The old parsonage needed extensive repairs after the storm.
• Children from the neighborhood often played in the parsonage garden.
• The church committee decided to renovate the parsonage kitchen.
• She grew up in a parsonage because her father was a Methodist pastor.
• The parsonage has been home to five different ministers over the years.