manor
manor definition
manor (man′ər)
noun
- in England
- in feudal times, the district over which a lord held authority and which was subject to the jurisdiction of his court
- more recently, a landed estate, usually with a main residence, the owner of which still holds some feudal rights over the land
- in America during colonial times, a district granted as a manor and leased to tenants at a set rental
- a mansion
- the main residence on an estate or plantation
- a lord's mansion with its land
Etymology: ME maner < OFr manoir < manoir, to stay, dwell < L manere, to remain < IE base *men-, to remain (> Sans man-, to delay, stand still), prob. orig. identical with *men-, to think (> mind): sense prob. from “stand in thought”
Related Forms:
- manorial ma·no′·rial (mə nôr′ē əl) adjective
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