[
UK
/mˈæns/
]
NOUN
- a large and imposing house
- the residence of a clergyman (especially a Presbyterian clergyman)
How To Use manse In A Sentence
- The manservant turned to enter his bedroom, turning the silver knob quietly.
- The case - possibly the ultimate in town versus gown - revolves around a former manse on a quiet street in St Andrews, where students already occupy more than half the town centre accommodation.
- Fussell’s topmost denizens were “out of sight” in hilltop manses at the end of long, curving driveways. Class Dismissed
- Dr Mansell's most notable achievement was his role in establishing the remediation program for the Collins Class submarine and his work with the Navy to bring the subs to operational capability.
- `Danlo," came a melodious voice from the room's depths, `Ni luria la, ni luria manse vi Alaloi, Danlo the Wild, son of Haidar. THE BROKEN GOD
- Ahead rose the manse, on the other side of a stone wall and some hedges. A TIME OF WAR
- Sure Gaius allowed her the run of the manse and the property that surround it, but the nearby town was forbidden.
- West of the Rhine, an increasing number of servile manses also had to do ploughing corvées, and the service of three days of work per week was often required from free manses, which had been exempted from it hitherto.
- Chekhovian memories also abound, adding cobwebs to the old manse in Ballybeg in and outside of which most of the action seethes.
- The manservant asks me my business, then frowns and bids me wait.