Demesne Definition

dĭ-mān, -mēn
demesnes
noun
demesnes
Possession (of real estate) in one's own right.
Webster's New World
The land or estate belonging to a lord and not rented or let but kept in his hands.
Webster's New World
The land around a mansion; lands of an estate.
Webster's New World
An extensive piece of landed property; an estate.
American Heritage
A district; a territory.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Demesne

Noun

Singular:
demesne
Plural:
demesnes

Origin of Demesne

  • From Anglo-Norman demeyne, demene et al., Old French demeine, demaine, demeigne, domaine (“power”) (whence French domaine (“domain”)), a noun use of an adjective, from Latin dominicus (“belonging to a lord or master”), from dominus (“master, proprietor, owner”). See dame, and compare demain, domain.

    From Wiktionary

  • Anglo-French respelling (probably influenced by French mesne) (variant of Anglo-Norman meen middle) (in legal phrase mesne lord lord who holds a manor of a superior lord) of Middle English demeine from Anglo-Norman from Old French demaine domain

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Demesne Sentence Examples

  • To the west of the town lies Woburn Park, the demesne of Woburn Abbey,.

  • Land held in ancient demesne is sometimes also called customary freehold.

  • In 1087 the king held the manor of Wendover, and therefore it belonged to the ancient demesne of the crown.

  • But what the Third Crusade showed most clearly was that the crusading movement was being lost to the papacy, and becoming part of the demesne of the secular state - organized by the state on its own basis of taxation, and conducted by the state according to its own method of negotiation.

  • The other most notable open spaces wholly or partly within the county are Hampstead Heath in the north-west, a wild, high-lying tract preserved to a great extent in its natural state, and in the south-west Wimbledon Common, Putney Heath and the royal demesne of Richmond Park, which from its higher parts commands a wonderful view up the rich valley of the Thames.

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Words Starting With

DDEDEM

Words Ending With

ENESNE

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Words Starting With D and Ending With E

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