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manse¹

  • /mæns/

Rhymes with -æns

Where it comes from

From Middle English mansien, apheretic variant of amansien, from Old English āmǣnsumian (“to excommunicate”). More at amanse.

verb manses · mansing · mansed

  1. transitive To excommunicate; curse.

manse²

  • /mæns/

Rhymes with -æns

Where it comes from

From Medieval Latin mānsus (“dwelling”), from Latin manēre (“to remain”), whence also manor, mansion. Doublet of mas.

noun manses

  1. 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.
  2. archaic A family dwelling, an owner-occupied house.
  3. A large house, a mansion.

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noun house inhabited by the minister of a parish

DeutschPfarrhaus
Italianocanonica, presbiterio

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"manse." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/manse. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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manse. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/manse

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"manse." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/manse.

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@misc{manse_2026,
  title = {manse},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/manse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}