manse

See also Manse

English

An old manse, Concord, Massachusetts, USA

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mæns/

Etymology 1

From Middle English mansien, apheretic variant of amansien, from Old English āmǣnsumian (“to excommunicate”). More at amanse.

Verb

manse (third-person singular simple present manses, present participle mansing, simple past and past participle mansed)

1. (transitive) To excommunicate; curse.

Etymology 2

From Latin mansus (“dwelling”), from manere (“to remain”), from whence also manor, mansion.

Noun

manse (plural manses)

1. A house inhabited by the minister of a parish.
2. (archaic) A family dwelling, an owner-occupied house.
3. A large house, a mansion.

Quotations

• circa 1890: George Otto Trevelyan, Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay

  All favourable hereditary influences, both intellectual and moral, are assured by a genealogy which derives from a Scotch Manse.

Related terms

• manor
• mansion

Translations

house inhabited by the minister of a parish

• Finnish: pappila (fi)

• Hungarian: parókia (hu), paplak (hu)

Anagrams

• amens, manes, means, mensa, Mensa, names

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Latin

Participle

manse

1. vocative masculine singular of mansus