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[man-er]

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(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.

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

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

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

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English maner < Old French manoir, noun use of manoir to remain, dwell < Latin manēre to remain; see mansion

Related forms

ma·no·ri·al

[muh-nawr-ee-uhl, -nohr-] , adjective

in·ter·ma·no·ri·al, adjective

sub·man·or, noun

Can be confused: manna, manner, manor (see synonym note at manner¹).

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manor

late 13c., "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

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a lord, with tenants") it is attested from 1530s.

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