manse

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin mansus (dwelling), from manere (to remain).

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Singular
manse

Plural
manses

manse (plural manses)

  1. A house inhabited by the minister of a parish.

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  • circa 1890: George Otto Trevelyan, Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay, pUnknown
    All favourable hereditary influences, both intellectual and moral, are assured by a genealogy which derives from a Scotch Manse.

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