manse

UK /mæns/ US /mæns/
noun 3verb 1

Definitions

verb

1

To excommunicate; curse.

noun

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

A family dwelling, an owner-occupied house.

3

A large house, a mansion.

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