A rectory in Thuringia, Germany. The Free State of Thuringia (Freistaat Thüringen is located in central Germany.

Depending on denomination, local custom, and the status of the minister, the building inhabited (or formerly inhabited) by the leader of a local Christian church can be referred to by one of several names. Denominationalism|List of Christian denominations|Church (disambiguation A Christian denomination is an identifiable religious body under a common name structure and doctrine within In Architecture, Construction, Engineering and real estate development the word building may refer to one of the following Any man-made Church (disambiguation Christian Church and the word church are used to denote both a Christian association of people and a Place of worship In Roman Catholic churches it is often called a rectory, sometimes a presbytery. Traditionally, Catholic rectories housed several priests from a parish, as opposed to other denominations where the church leader is often married and raising children. A parish is a Local church; it is an administrative unit typically found in episcopal or presbyterian churches

In churches that are members of the Anglican Communion, the building will most commonly be called a rectory or vicarage, depending on the status of the incumbent. See also Anglicanism The Anglican Communion is an international association of national Anglican churches In the broadest sense a vicar (from the Latin Vicarius) is a representative anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior Methodists might refer to it as a manse or parsonage, while the latter is quite frequently used in English-speaking Lutheran churches. Methodism is a movement within Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations This article is about the house type "Manse" is also a nickname for the city of Tampere, named after Manchester. In the pre- Reformation church a parson was the priest of an independent Parish church, that is a parish church not under the control of a larger ecclesiastical or Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the teachings of the sixteenth-century German reformer Martin Luther Manse is the usual name for the house of a Church of Scotland minister. The Church of Scotland (Eaglais na h-Alba known informally by its Scots language name The Kirk, is the National church of Scotland. These homes are traditionally owned and maintained by the church, as a benefit to their minister. The practice continues to this day in many denominations because of the tendency of church officials to be sent from one church to another at relatively frequent intervals. Many buildings described as "vicarage" or "rectory" that are sold by the church retain their former names, often qualified, such as "The Old Rectory", etc.

See also

• Manse
• Rector