Lexic.us

Definition of Manse

1. Noun. A large and imposing house.

2. Noun. The residence of a clergyman (especially a Presbyterian clergyman).

Definition of Manse

1. n. A dwelling house, generally with land attached.

Definition of Manse

1. Verb. (transitive) To excommunicate; curse. ¹

2. Noun. A house inhabited by the minister of a parish. ¹

3. Noun. (archaic) A family dwelling, an owner-occupied house. ¹

4. Noun. A large house, a mansion. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Manse

1. a clergyman's house [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Manse

manroot manroots manrope manropes mans mansaf mansard mansard roof mansard roofs mansarded

mansards manscape manscaped manscapes manscaping manse (current term) manservant manservants manses mansfieldite

manshift manshifts manship manshiply mansion mansion house mansionary mansionette mansionettes mansionization

Literary usage of Manse

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1855)
"The Kirk and the manse. By Rev. Robert W. Fraser, MA Edinburgh. ... Wordsworth has inscribed a fine sonnet "On the Sight of a manse in the South of Scotland ..."

2. The Scots Digest of Scots Appeals in the House of Lords from 1707 and of the by Robert Candlish Henderson, Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords (1908)
"manse—manse Bent Fending Discussion.—The court, of consent of heritors, awarded manse rent pending a discussion relative to the party liable to build a ..."

3. A Handbook of the Law of Scotland by James Lorimer (1885)
"Their decision is subject to review, at the instance of an heritor, or of the minister, by the Sheriff, who is empowered, on finding that a church or manse ..."

4. Literary Shrines: The Haunts of Some Famous American Authors by Theodore Frelinghuysen Wolfe (1895)
"The manse was again the abode of Emerson and his mother in 1834-35, ... In 1842, the year following the demise of the good Dr. Ripley, the manse was ..."

5. Annals of the Disruption: With Extracts from the Narratives of Ministers who by Thomas Brown (1893)
"In rural districts, as all Scotland knows, a manse for the minister is essential, not merely for his personal comfort, but that, dwelling in the midst of ..."

6. Historical and Statistical Account of Dunfermline by Peter Chalmers (1844)
"From time immemorial, there had been neither manse nor pasture-ground, belonging to the ... One of the ministers, during last century, sued for a manse, ..."

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