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manse

[ mans ]

noun

  1. the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
  2. the dwelling of a landholder; mansion.


manse

/ æԲ /

noun

  1. (in certain religious denominations) the house provided for a minister
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of manse1

1480–90; earlier manss, mans < Medieval Latin Բܲ a farm, dwelling, noun use of past participle of Latin ŧ to dwell. See remain
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Word History and Origins

Origin of manse1

C15: from Medieval Latin mansus dwelling, from the past participle of Latin ŧ to stay
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Amelia enters the Holmes manse through the servants’ entrance — this might be a novel addition to 221B — and, owing to the recent dismemberment of Holmes’ scullery maid, is mistakenly hustled into the vacant job.

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Even worse, the vampire covets the solicitor’s wife, and he’ll be moving into the old manse across the street from the couple.

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He and his wife lived in a manse in London’s tony Hampstead Garden Suburb.

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Finally they arrived at a Beaux Arts Italianate manse on West Adams formerly owned by Busby Berkeley, neighbor to Fatty Arbuckle.

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Wilmot, who became a national celebrity as a result of the freighter’s beaching at her manse, died at 78 in 2002.

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