A vicarage is the house where a vicar lives — the house that comes with the job, usually right beside or very near the church. It is not a house the vicar bought; the church owns it and lets the vicar live there while they hold the post, and they must move out when they leave.

A vicarage is the house where a vicar livesvicarage是牧師住的房子 — the house that comes with the job這房子是跟著這個職位配給的, usually right beside or very near the church通常就在教堂旁邊或非常靠近教堂。It is not a house the vicar bought這不是牧師自己買的房子; the church owns it and lets the vicar live there while they hold the post教會擁有這房子，讓牧師在任職期間住在裡面, and they must move out when they leave而牧師離職時就必須搬出去。

Old vicarages are often big, old, cold, stone or brick houses with large gardens, because they were built long ago when a vicar was expected to entertain the whole parish. Many churches have now sold those and built small modern ones, and estate agents love the words 'the Old Vicarage' on a for-sale sign.

Old vicarages are often big, old, cold, stone or brick houses with large gardens舊式的vicarage通常是又大又舊又冷、石造或磚造、附有大花園的房子, because they were built long ago when a vicar was expected to entertain the whole parish因為它們是很久以前蓋的，那時候牧師被期待要招待整個教區的人。Many churches have now sold those and built small modern ones現在很多教會已經把那些賣掉，蓋了小一點的現代房子, and estate agents love the words 'the Old Vicarage' on a for-sale sign而房地產仲介很愛在售屋招牌上寫『the Old Vicarage（老牧師館）』這幾個字。

The word is very British and appears constantly in English novels and murder mysteries — Agatha Christie even wrote 'The Murder at the Vicarage'.

The word is very British and appears constantly in English novels and murder mysteries這個字非常英式，常常出現在英國小說和推理小說裡 — Agatha Christie even wrote 'The Murder at the Vicarage'阿嘉莎·克莉絲蒂甚至寫過《The Murder at the Vicarage（牧師館謀殺案）》。

Socially, the vicarage is a meeting place: people go there for tea, for help, for a quiet talk about a problem.

Socially, the vicarage is a meeting place就社交而言，vicarage是一個聚會的地方: people go there for tea, for help, for a quiet talk about a problem人們會去那裡喝茶、尋求幫助、或安靜地談談心事。

If the priest is a rector, the same house is called a rectory; the two words work the same way. 'A vicarage tea party' suggests something polite, old-fashioned and very English.

If the priest is a rector如果這位神職人員是rector（教區長）, the same house is called a rectory同樣的房子就叫做rectory; the two words work the same way這兩個字的用法是一樣的。'A vicarage tea party'『a vicarage tea party（牧師館茶會）』 suggests something polite, old-fashioned and very English給人的感覺是有禮貌、老派、非常英式的。