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Priesthouse Surname Definition:

PRIESTHOUSE: Local-from residence at a mansion belonging to some ecclesiastic. There is a dwelling called Priesthawes, originally Priesthouse, near Pevensey, co, Sussex, and there were doubtless many others in various districts. This surname has been queerly corrupted to Precious.

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Priesthouse Surname Meaning

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PRIESTHOUSE: Local-from residence at a mansion belonging to some ecclesiastic. There is a dwelling called Priesthawes, originally Priesthouse, near Pevensey, co, Sussex, and there were doubtless many others in various districts. This surname has been queerly corrupted to Precious.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

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