manse
verb/mæns/
Etymology
From Middle English mansien, apheretic variant of amansien, from Old English āmǣnsumian (“to excommunicate”). More at amanse.
- inherited from āmǣnsumian
- inherited from mansien
Definitions
To excommunicate
To excommunicate; curse.
A house inhabited by the minister of a parish.
- He has caught a glint of steel in the manse gateway, but it is only the minister's bicycle still chained to the trunk of a monkeypuzzle tree as a precaution against unchristian covetousness.
A family dwelling, an owner-occupied house.
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A large house, a mansion.
The neighborhood
- neighbormanor
- neighbormansion
- neighborchild of the manse
- neighborson of the manse
- neighbordaughter of the manse
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for manse. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA