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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DEMESNE, [See Demain.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a large estate on Long Island" [syn: estate, land, landed estate, acres, demesne]
2: territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land" [syn: domain, demesne, land]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French demesne, demeine — more at domain Date: 14th century 1. legal possession of land as one's own 2. manorial land actually possessed by the lord and not held by tenants 3. a. the land attached to a mansion b. landed property ; estate c. region 2, territory 4. realm 2, domain

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a a sovereign's or State's territory; a domain. b land attached to a mansion etc. c landed property; an estate. 2 (usu. foll. by of) a region or sphere. 3 Law hist. possession (of real property) as one's own. Phrases and idioms: held in demesne (of an estate) occupied by the owner, not by tenants. Etymology: ME f. AF, OF demeine (later AF demesne) belonging to a lord f. L dominicus (as DOMINICAL)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Demesne De*mesne", n. [OE. demeine, demain, rule, demesne, OF. demeine, demaine, demeigne, domaine, power, F. domaine domain, fr. L. dominium property, right of ownership, fr. dominus master, proprietor, owner. See Dame, and cf. Demain, Domain, Danger, Dungeon.] (Law) A lord's chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor's own use. [Written also demain.] --Wharton's Law Dict. Burrill. Ancient demesne. (Eng. Law) See under Ancient.

Moby Thesaurus

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