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manse

  [mans]
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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 < ML mānsus a farm, dwelling, n. use of ptp. of L manēre to dwell. See remain
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manse   (māns)   
n.  

  1. A cleric's house and land, especially the residence of a Presbyterian minister.

  2. A large stately residence.

  3. 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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