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manse

–noun

1.	the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.

2.	the dwelling of a landholder; mansion.

[Origin: 1480–90; earlier manss, mans < ML mānsus a farm, dwelling, n. use of ptp. of L manére to dwell. See remain

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n.

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

[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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manse
noun
1.	a large and imposing house [syn: mansion]
2.	the residence of a clergyman (especially a Presbyterian clergyman)

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Mains\, n. [Scot. See Manse.] The farm attached to a mansion house. [Scot.]

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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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Man"sion\, n. [OF. mansion, F. maison, fr. L. mansio a staying, remaining, a dwelling, habitation, fr. manere, mansum, to stay, dwell; akin to Gr. ?. Cf. Manse, Manor, Menagerie, Menial, Permanent.]

1. A dwelling place, -- whether a part or whole of a house or other shelter. [Obs.]

In my Father's house are many mansions. --John xiv. 2.

These poets near our princes sleep, And in one grave their mansions keep. --Den?am.

2. The house of the lord of a manor; a manor house; hence: Any house of considerable size or pretension.

3. (Astrol.) A twelfth part of the heavens; a house. See 1st House, 8. --Chaucer.

4. The place in the heavens occupied each day by the moon in its monthly revolution. [Obs.]

The eight and twenty mansions That longen to the moon. --Chaucer.

Mansion house, the house in which one resides; specifically, in London and some other cities, the official residence of the Lord Mayor. --Blackstone.

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