Manor vs. Manse
Manor vs. Manse
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Manor
Term AA landed estate.
The main house of such an estate or a similar residence; a mansion.
A district over which a feudal lord could exercise certain rights and privileges in medieval western Europe.
The lord's residence and seat of control in such a district.
Any home area or territory in which authority is exercised, often in a police or criminal context.
One's neighbourhood.
The land belonging to a lord or nobleman, or so much land as a lord or great personage kept in his own hands, for the use and subsistence of his family.
Example: ‘My manors, rents, revenues, l forego.’;
A tract of land occupied by tenants who pay a free-farm rent to the proprietor, sometimes in kind, and sometimes by performing certain stipulated services.
the mansion of the lord of the manor
the landed estate of a lord (including the house on it)
a large country house with lands
Example: ‘a Tudor manor house in the English countryside’; ‘Kelmscott Manor’;
(in England and Wales) a unit of land, originally a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and lands rented to tenants
Example: ‘the right to mine ores within the manor of Little Langdale’;
(in North America) an estate or district leased to tenants, especially one granted by royal charter in a British colony or by the Dutch governors of what is now New York State.
the district covered by a police station
Example: ‘they were the undisputed rulers of their manor’;
one's own neighbourhood or area of operation.
Manse
Term B(transitive) To excommunicate; curse.
A house inhabited by the minister of a parish.
(archaic) A family dwelling, an owner-occupied house.
A large house, a mansion.
A dwelling house, generally with land attached.
The parsonage; a clergyman's house.
a large and imposing house
the residence of a clergyman (especially a Presbyterian clergyman)
A manse () is a clergy house inhabited by, or formerly inhabited by, a minister, usually used in the context of Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist and other Christian traditions. Ultimately derived from the Latin mansus, , from manere, , by the 16th century the term meant both a dwelling and, in ecclesiastical contexts, the amount of land needed to support a single family.Many notable Scots have been called , and the term is a recurring point of reference within Scottish media and culture.
Example: ‘dwelling’; ‘to remain’; ‘sons (or daughters) of the manse’;
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