An old manse, Concord, Massachusetts, USA FromMiddle English mansien , apheretic variant ofamansien , fromOld English āmǣnsumian ( “ to excommunicate ” ) . More atamanse .
manse (third-person singular simple present manses ,present participle mansing ,simple past and past participle mansed )
( transitive ) Toexcommunicate ;curse .FromMedieval Latin mansus ( “ dwelling ” ) , fromLatin manere ( “ toremain ” ) , whence alsomanor ,mansion .Doublet ofmas .
manse (plural manses )
A house inhabited by theminister of aparish .Coordinate terms: vicarage ,rectory ,parsonage 1986 ,John le Carré ,A Perfect Spy :He has caught a glint of steel in themanse gateway, but it is only the minister's bicycle still chained to the trunk of a monkeypuzzle tree as a precaution against unchristian covetousness.
( archaic ) A family dwelling, an owner-occupied house.A large house, amansion . circa 1890 : George Otto Trevelyan,Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay All favourable hereditary influences, both intellectual and moral, are assured by a genealogy which derives from a ScotchManse . house inhabited by the minister of a parish
namés ,names ,Seman ,amens ,manes ,neams ,ñames ,Mensa ,mesna ,mensa ,Means ,Manes ,means manse
manse manse f pl
feminine plural ofmanso mānse
vocative masculine singular ofmānsus