Complete Definition of "manse"

English

Etymology
From L. mansus, dwelling, from manere, to remain.

Pronunciation
IPA|/mæns/

Noun
en-noun

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

Translations

Finnish: pappila

Quotations
circa 1890: George Otto Trevelyan, Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay, pUnknown
:All favourable hereditary influences, both intellectual and moral, are assured by a genealogy which derives from a Scotch Manse.

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