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manse [mans] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- the dwelling of a landholder; mansion.
Origin of manse 1480–90; earlier manss, mans Medieval Latin mānsus a farm, dwelling, noun use of past participle of Latin manēre to dwell. See remain Related Words for manses vicarage, manse, parsonage, benefice, presbytery Examples from the Web for manses Historical Examples of manses
Cathcart might, before this, come with the list of manses and their occupants.
Bram Stoker
They restored the presbyterian clergy to their churches and manses.
Robert S. (Robert Sangster) Rait
Who laid out our English fields and tied the strips into manses?
Frederic William Maitland
Schools, vicarages, and manses were turned into temporary soldiers’ homes.
William E. Sellers
The vicarages and manses of the country were denuded of their sons.
William E. Sellers
British Dictionary definitions for manses manse noun
- (in certain religious denominations) the house provided for a minister
Word Origin for manse C15: from Medieval Latin mansus dwelling, from the past participle of Latin manēre to stay Word Origin and History for manses manse n.
late 15c., “mansion house,” from Medieval Latin mansus “dwelling house; amount of land sufficient for a family,” noun use of masculine past participle of Latin manere “to remain” (see mansion).