manorial
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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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
The English Statute of Laborers condemned peasants who fled their manorial contracts to have an ‘F’ branded on their foreheads, for ‘Falsity.’
From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2022
The entire population is grouped into a village community which centres round the manorial court or halimote, which is both council and tribunal.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
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