manor
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
any similar territorial unit in medieval Europe, as a feudal estate.
the mansion of a lord with the land belonging to it.
the main house or mansion on an estate, plantation, etc.
Origin of manor
1Other words from manor
- ma·no·ri·al [muh-nawr-ee-uhl, -nohr-], /məˈnɔr i əl, -ˈnoʊr-/, adjective
- in·ter·ma·no·ri·al, adjective
- sub·man·or, noun
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How to use manor in a sentence
When she goes to stay in Bath, she meets the Tilney and Thorpe siblings, hijinks ensue, and she ends up falling in love with the dashing Henry Tilney, and goes to stay with him and his sister in their family’s austere manor.
One Good Thing: Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey is funny, just like love | Siobhan McDonough | February 4, 2022 | VoxHe is not only to the manner born, but also, though he rarely mentions his heritage, to the literal manor, a massive pile of bricks.
Christopher Lloyd is still playing characters who are unhinged — and larger than life | Karen Heller | August 26, 2021 | Washington PostTwo to four players ages nine or older can explore all the classic rooms of the ghost-filled manor by roaming the Endless Hallway around Madame Leota’s Séance Room and socialize with the Happy Haunts by collecting matching sets of ghost cards.
The best spooky board games for late night gaming | PopSci Commerce Team | January 8, 2021 | Popular-ScienceMike Flanagan, the showrunner and writer of Netflix’s new limited series The Haunting of Bly manor, has always loved hope more than fear.
Netflix’s The Haunting of Bly Manor is a calm, loving study in how to exorcise your ghosts | Aja Romano | October 9, 2020 | VoxThe office is standard Universal issue, sort of a pseudo English manor house.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Another island tale purports that there was once a banquet arranged at the manor for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
Refined, elegant, and to the manor born, Betty is everything that Don is not.
Every Woman Don Draper’s Hooked Up With on ‘Mad Men’ | Amy Zimmerman | April 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBoth Rupert and James Murdoch were part of the weekend long preparations at Enstone manor in Oxfordshire.
Tony Blair Texted Rebekah Brooks: 'I May Be Some Help' | Peter Jukes, Nico Hines | March 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut the others are there too: the villagers on the estate, the gamekeepers, and the servants who work in the manor house.
The Final Shoot: How an English Country Novel Set in 1913 Explains 2013 | Ilana Bet-El | November 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTOur guide pointed out the spot where once stood the manor-house of Woodstock, torn down about a hundred years ago.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. MurphyAt three o'clock he gave his horse to Abe, was told that the lady of the manor was out walking, and went into the house.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonThe old theories lingered long in manor-houses and parsonages, and among all whose hearts were with the banished Stuarts.
The English Church in the Eighteenth Century | Charles J. Abbey and John H. OvertonJanet Marward, heiress and titular baroness of Skryne in Meath, a manor worth some 200l.
Ireland Under the Tudors, Vol. II (of 3) | Richard BagwellThat evening he rejoined his aunt at their temporary abode, which was a small dower-house not many hundred yards from the manor.
A Thin Ghost and Others | M. R. (Montague Rhodes) James
British Dictionary definitions for manor
/ (ˈmænə) /
(in medieval Europe) the manor house of a lord and the lands attached to it
(before 1776 in some North American colonies) a tract of land granted with rights of inheritance by royal charter
a manor house
a landed estate
British slang a geographical area of operation, esp of a gang or local police force
Origin of manor
1Derived forms of manor
- manorial (məˈnɔːrɪəl), adjective
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