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–noun

1.	(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.

2.	any similar territorial unit in medieval Europe, as a feudal estate.

3.	the mansion of a lord with the land belonging to it.

4.	the main house or mansion on an estate, plantation, etc.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME maner < OF manoir, n. use of manoir to remain, dwell < L manére to remain; see mansion

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n.

1. A landed estate.
2. The main house on an estate; a mansion.
3. The district over which a lord had domain and could exercise certain rights and privileges in medieval western Europe.
4. The lord's residence in such a district.
A tract of land in certain North American colonies with hereditary rights granted to the proprietor by royal charter.
1. The district over which a lord had domain and could exercise certain rights and privileges in medieval western Europe.
2. The lord's residence in such a district.

[Middle English, from Old French maneir, manoir, to dwell, manor, from Latin manēre, to remain; see men-³ in Indo-European roots.]

ma·no'ri·al (mə-nôr'ē-əl, -nōr'-) adj.

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manor

c.1290, "mansion, habitation, country residence, principal house of an estate," from Anglo-Fr. maner, from O.Fr. manoir "manor," noun use of maneir "to dwell," from L. manere "to stay, abide." As a unit of territorial division in Britain and some American colonies (usually "land held in demesne by a lord, with tenants") it is attested from 1538.

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manor
noun
1.	the mansion of a lord or wealthy person
2.	the landed estate of a lord (including the house on it)

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Manor Creek, KY (city, FIPS 49800) Location: 38.29795 N, 85.58844 W
Population (1990): 179 (68 housing units)
Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Ridge Manor Esta, FL Zip code(s): 33597

Ridge Manor West, FL Zip code(s): 34602

Manor, DE Zip code(s): 19720

Manor, GA Zip code(s): 31550

Manor, TX (city, FIPS 46440) Location: 30.34597 N, 97.55571 W
Population (1990): 1041 (417 housing units)
Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 78653

Manor, PA (borough, FIPS 47000) Location: 40.34654 N, 79.67076 W
Population (1990): 2627 (978 housing units)
Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 15665

Alderwood Manor-Bothell North, WA (CDP, FIPS 1178) Location: 47.79959 N, 122.24211 W
Population (1990): 22945 (8153 housing units)
Area: 20.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Collier Manor-Cresthaven, FL (CDP, FIPS 13625) Location: 26.26600 N, 80.10741 W
Population (1990): 7322 (3365 housing units)
Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Springetts Manor-Yorklyn, PA (CDP, FIPS 72994) Location: 39.98987 N, 76.64740 W
Population (1990): 3433 (1095 housing units)
Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Wickerham Manor-Fisher, PA (CDP, FIPS 84931) Location: 40.17542 N, 79.90452 W
Population (1990): 1931 (750 housing units)
Area: 5.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Ridge Manor, FL (CDP, FIPS 60325) Location: 28.50299 N, 82.18407 W
Population (1990): 1947 (982 housing units)
Area: 10.9 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 33525

Alden Manor, NY Zip code(s): 11003

Livingston Manor, NY (CDP, FIPS 42928) Location: 41.89506 N, 74.82655 W
Population (1990): 1482 (603 housing units)
Area: 8.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 12758

Estell Manor, NJ (city, FIPS 21870) Location: 39.35424 N, 74.77372 W
Population (1990): 1404 (455 housing units)
Area: 138.7 sq km (land), 3.5 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 08319

Briarcliff Manor, NY (village, FIPS 8103) Location: 41.13879 N, 73.84215 W
Population (1990): 7070 (2200 housing units)
Area: 15.3 sq km (land), 1.9 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 10510

Cortlandt Manor, NY Zip code(s): 10566

Hillside Manor, NY Zip code(s): 11040

Jefferson Manor, VA Zip code(s): 22303

Sunrise Manor, NV (CDP, FIPS 71400) Location: 36.18740 N, 115.04999 W
Population (1990): 95362 (37264 housing units)
Area: 90.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Strathmoor Manor, KY (city, FIPS 74064) Location: 38.21925 N, 85.68355 W
Population (1990): 391 (151 housing units)
Area: 0.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Sherwood Manor, CT (CDP, FIPS 68450) Location: 42.01323 N, 72.56477 W
Population (1990): 6357 (2226 housing units)
Area: 8.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Saybrook Manor, CT (CDP, FIPS 67050) Location: 41.28025 N, 72.40623 W
Population (1990): 1073 (1000 housing units)
Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)

Colmar Manor, MD (town, FIPS 18850) Location: 38.93050 N, 76.94342 W
Population (1990): 1249 (424 housing units)
Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

Stewart Manor, NY (village, FIPS 71267) Location: 40.72050 N, 73.68560 W
Population (1990): 2002 (699 housing units)
Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Langhorne Manor, PA (borough, FIPS 41416) Location: 40.16575 N, 74.91818 W
Population (1990): 807 (304 housing units)
Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Plandome Manor, NY (village, FIPS 58497) Location: 40.81350 N, 73.69760 W
Population (1990): 790 (275 housing units)
Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)

Hampton Manor, NY (CDP, FIPS 31918) Location: 42.62075 N, 73.72892 W
Population (1990): 2600 (1038 housing units)
Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Golf Manor, OH (village, FIPS 30786) Location: 39.18705 N, 84.44642 W
Population (1990): 4154 (1871 housing units)
Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Glenview Manor, KY (city, FIPS 31420) Location: 38.29070 N, 85.63262 W
Population (1990): 197 (83 housing units)
Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Naples Manor, FL (CDP, FIPS 47650) Location: 26.07221 N, 81.72148 W
Population (1990): 4574 (2001 housing units)
Area: 14.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

Pelham Manor, NY (village, FIPS 57023) Location: 40.89365 N, 73.80521 W
Population (1990): 5443 (2006 housing units)
Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

Wilmington Manor, DE (CDP, FIPS 77840) Location: 39.68550 N, 75.58477 W
Population (1990): 8568 (3173 housing units)
Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Blue Ridge Manor, KY (city, FIPS 7858) Location: 38.24487 N, 85.56418 W
Population (1990): 565 (278 housing units)
Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Overlook-Page Manor, OH (CDP, FIPS 59143) Location: 39.75410 N, 84.11537 W
Population (1990): 13242 (5248 housing units)
Area: 7.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Page Park-Pine Manor, FL (CDP, FIPS 53785) Location: 26.57383 N, 81.87000 W
Population (1990): 5116 (2181 housing units)
Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

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Manor

Manse\, n. [LL. mansa, mansus, mansum, a farm, fr. L. manere, mansum, to stay, dwell. See Mansion, Manor.]

1. A dwelling house, generally with land attached.

2. The parsonage; a clergyman's house. [Scot.]

Capital manse, the manor house, or lord's court.

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