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manse
[ mans ]
noun
- the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- the dwelling of a landholder; mansion.
manse
/ æԲ /
noun
- (in certain religious denominations) the house provided for a minister
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of manse1
Example Sentences
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.
Even worse, the vampire covets the solicitor’s wife, and he’ll be moving into the old manse across the street from the couple.
He and his wife lived in a manse in London’s tony Hampstead Garden Suburb.
Finally they arrived at a Beaux Arts Italianate manse on West Adams formerly owned by Busby Berkeley, neighbor to Fatty Arbuckle.
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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