manses
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 < Medieval Latin mānsus a farm, dwelling, noun use of past participle of Latin manēre to dwell. See remain
1480–90; earlier manss, mans < Medieval Latin mānsus a farm, dwelling, noun use of past participle of Latin manēre to dwell. See remain
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| —n | |
| (in certain religious denominations) the house provided for a minister | |
| [C15: from Medieval Latin mansus dwelling, from the past participle of Latin manēre to stay] | |
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Manses
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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Word Origin & History
manse
late 15c., from M.L. mansus "dwelling house; amount of land sufficient for a family," related to mansio (see mansion).
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