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Manor definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MAN'OR, n. [L. maneo, to abide.] The land belonging to a lord or nobleman, or so much land as a lord or great personage formerly kept in his own hands for the use and subsistence of his family. In these days,a manor rather signifies the jurisdiction and royalty incorporeal,than the land or site; for a man may have a manor in gross, as the law terms it, that is, the right and interest of a court-baron, with the perquisites thereto belonging.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the mansion of a lord or wealthy person [syn: manor, manor house]
2: the landed estate of a lord (including the house on it)

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English maner, from Old French manoir, from manoir to sojourn, dwell, from Latin man?re — more at mansion Date: 14th century 1. a. the house or hall of an estate ; mansion b. a landed estate 2. a. a unit of English rural territorial organization; especially such a unit in the Middle Ages consisting of an estate under a lord enjoying a variety of rights over land and tenants including the right to hold court b. a tract of land in North America occupied by tenants who pay a fixed rent in money or kind to the proprietor • manorial adjective • manorialism noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 (also manor-house) a a large country house with lands. b the house of the lord of the manor. 2 Brit. a a unit of land consisting of a lord's demesne and lands rented to tenants etc. b hist. a feudal lordship over lands. 3 Brit. colloq. the district covered by a police station. Derivatives: manorial adj. Etymology: ME f. AF maner, OF maneir, f. L manere remain

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Manor Man"or, n. [OE. maner, OF. maneir habitation, village, F. manoir manor, prop. the OF. inf. maneir to stay, remain, dwell, L. manere, and so called because it was the permanent residence of the lord and of his tenants. See Mansion, and cf. Remain.] 1. (Eng. Law) The land belonging to a lord or nobleman, or so much land as a lord or great personage kept in his own hands, for the use and subsistence of his family. My manors, rents, revenues, l forego. --Shak. Note: In these days, a manor rather signifies the jurisdiction and royalty incorporeal, than the land or site, for a man may have a manor in gross, as the law terms it, that is, the right and interest of a court-baron, with the perquisites thereto belonging. 2. (American Law) A tract of land occupied by tenants who pay a free-farm rent to the proprietor, sometimes in kind, and sometimes by performing certain stipulated services. --Burrill. Manor house, or Manor seat, the house belonging to a manor.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(manors) A manor is a large private house in the country, usually built in the Middle Ages, and also includes the land and smaller buildings around it. (BRIT) Thieves broke into the manor at night. N-COUNT: oft in names after n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Lordship, feudal estate of a nobleman.

Moby Thesaurus

acres, castle, chateau, chattels real, demesne, domain, grounds, honor, land, landed property, lands, lot, lots, messuage, parcel, plat, plot, praedium, property, quadrat, real estate, real property, realty, tenements, toft, villa