Thesaurus: manor

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1. n. The land belonging to a lord or nobleman, or so much land as a lord or great personage kept in his own hands, for the use and subsistence of his family.
2. n. A tract of land occupied by tenants who pay a free-farm rent to the proprietor, sometimes in kind, and sometimes by performing certain stipulated services.
3. n. the mansion of a lord or wealthy person
4. n. the landed estate of a lord (including the house on it)
5. 1. (Eng. Law) The land belonging to a lord or nobleman, or so much land as a lord or great personage kept in his own hands, for the use and subsistence of his family. My manors, rents, revenues, l forego. Shak. Note: In these days, a manor rather signifies the jurisdiction and royalty incorporeal, than the land or site, for a man may have a manor in gross, as the law terms it, that is, the right and interest of a court-baron, with the perquisites thereto belonging. 2. (American Law) A tract of land occupied by tenants who pay a free-farm rent to the proprietor, sometimes in kind, and sometimes by performing certain stipulated services. Burrill. Manor house, or Manor seat, the house belonging to a manor.
6. The land belonging to a lord or nobleman, or so much land as alord or great personage kept in his own hands, for the use andsubsistence of his family.My manors, rents, revenues, l forego. Shak.
7. n:100 n. the mansion of a lord or wealthy person n. the landed estate of a lord (including the house on it)