Nomenclature By Denomination
Depending on denomination, local custom, and the status of the clergyman, the house inhabited by the leader of a local Christian church can be referred to by one of several names. In Roman Catholic churches, it is generally referred to as a presbytery, rectory, or parochial house in Ireland, a chapel house (in Scotland), and a rectory in the United States.
In churches that belong to the Anglican Communion, the building is generally referred to as a rectory or vicarage, or, more traditionally, "mansion" or "mansion of the rectory", depending on the status of the incumbent. "Parsonage" is frequently used in anglophone Lutheran churches.
Methodists might refer to it as a "manse", the usual term in Scottish Presbyterianism, or "parsonage", which is frequently used in Lutheran churches. Manse is the usual name for the house of a Church of Scotland minister.
Pastorium is the usual term in the Southern United States, especially among Baptists.
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