Word of the Day

Monday, March 13, 2006

manse

\MAN(T)S\ , noun;

A large and imposing residence.

The residence of a clergyman (especially a Presbyterian clergyman).

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Quotes:

A two-story white Greek Revival manse, with a front porch and a terrace in the back.

-- Garrison Keillor, Wobegon Boy

That Carol was a certified divorcee was one of many facts about her which failed to fit, along with her still living with her widowed father in this weird gothic Victorian manse.

-- Erik Tarloff, The Man Who Wrote the Book

Origin:

Manse comes from Medieval Latin mansa, "a dwelling," from Latin manere, "to dwell; to remain."