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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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Manse
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| 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. |
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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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