manorial
Americanadjective
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The lake can be seen through a new manorial gate topped with a coat of arms designed for Schwarzman after his knighthood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2025
Shortly after arriving here, Gellhorn returned to the China front and once again left Ernest to be Ernest, this time with an ocean view and manorial comforts, with a bearable touch of pretension.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2025
A silent-film director with an eye for manorial splendor turns up with his cast and crew, to the delight of the starstruck servants and anyone who likes a self-satisfied movie-within-a-movie in-joke.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2022
“Obviously, I don’t remember anything firsthand,” Ms. Ross said, sitting beneath a pergola overlooking a garden and pickleball court at her manorial house, designed by Wallace Neff.
From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2021
Of these the most important were the perquisites of the manorial courts.
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Eileen Power
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