manse

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This manse is the end house of a row of three called Wellington Terrace.

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  1. noun A cleric's house and land, especially the residence of a Presbyterian minister.
  2. noun A large stately residence.
  3. noun Archaic The dwellings belonging to a householder.

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  • The Queen was bound for the manse, across the fields by the river-side, to pray with the minister's wife that he, being ill, might be made whole. —  The Romance of a Pro-Consul
  • Sir Rodney had been rather a bit of an archaeologist, and most of his manse was a museum containing innumerable relics, including the battle-ax. —  045 - Resurrection Day
  • He felt that his occupation and craft were gone, and first and last that the new mistress of the manse was the rock on which he had split Mrs. Ebenezer Skinner soon made the acquaintance of the Cairn Edward folk. —  Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895
  • This manse is the end house of a row of three called Wellington Terrace. —  Principal Cairns
  • (An invitation to lunch at the manse is an honour not to be trifled with.) —  Up the Hill and Over
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  1. Middle English manss, a manor house, from Medieval Latin mānsa, a dwelling, from Latin, feminine past participle of manēre, to dwell, remain; see men-3 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Middle English mansien, by apheresis from amansien, amonsien, from Anglo-Saxon āmānsumian (contr. past participle āmānsod), excommunicate, from ā-, out, + mānsum, familiar, intimate, apparently from mān, in gemœ¯ne, common, + -sum: see mean and -some.
  2. from Middle English *manse, from Old French manse, from Middle Latin mansa, mansum, a dwelling, from Latin manere, past participle mansus, remain, dwell: see remain, and cf. mansion.
 

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