Glossary entry

Latin term or phrase:

de domo plebanali

English translation:

house/household of the rectory

Added to glossary by Veronika McLaren
Oct 1, 2020 18:35
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Latin term

de domo plebanali

Latin to English Social Sciences History
According to an early 19th-century record of marriage in the parish of Kiełbasin, Poland, the bride was the "filia tenutarii de domo plebanali srebnicensi Michaelis Kowalski..." Thus, she was a daughter of the tenant of the DOMO PLEBANALI of Srebrniki, Michał Kowalski..."
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Oct 3, 2020 22:23: Veronika McLaren Created KOG entry

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house/household of the rectory

L'expression "de domo plebanali" se rencontre fréquemment. Il s'agit bien de la maison (ou de la maisonnée) du presbytère. S'y rattachent des domestiques, du personnel (pour les terres à cultiver, le jardin voire la ferme presbytérale), parfois des hôtes …
There is some discussion on the website "Forums of Poland" regarding this.
Example sentence:

daughter of the leaseholder/tenant

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agree Asmaa Hussein : Many possible translations
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Thank you, Asmaa! You are absolutely right: It could be the (parish) priest's household since priests in those days married and had children.
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from the household of the lay priest

Pleban in German is a Leutpriester in German. Leutpriester means lay priest in English.
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agree Veronika McLaren : Interesting information on the web regarding the history of Leutpriester
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Thank you very much, Veronika
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