manor-seatn.
/ˈmanə ˌsiːt/, U.S. /ˈmænər ˌsit/ Chiefly U.S. Now historical.
A manor house, esp. one regarded as a family seat. Cf. mansion-seat n. 2.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > manor house
hallc1000
boroughc1175
court1297
manorc1300
palacec1300
mansion1375
placea1387
manor-place1392
chemis1408
head-place1463
mansion place1473
manse1490
court-hall1552
manery1563
manor house1575
seat1607
country seat1615
great house1623
mansion house1651
country house1664
manor-seata1667
place-house1675
mansion-seat1697
hall-house1702
big house1753
ha'-house1814
manoir1830
manor hall1840
yashiki1863
seigneury1895
stately home1934
stately2009
a1667 A. Cowley Of Solitude 93 in Wks. (1668) v Hail, the poor Muses richest Mannor Seat! Ye Countrey Houses and Retreat. Which all the happy Gods so Love, That for you oft they quit their Bright and Great Metropolis above.
1818 H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. Manor-seat, the house of the lord or owner of the manor.
1864 J. H. Merle D'Aubigné Hist. of Reformation in Europe I. i. ii. 12 They resided not only at their hereditary manor-seat in Geneva, which stood on the site of Gondebald's palace, but also in various castles scattered in distant parts of their domain.
1885 Dict. National Biogr. III. 92/2 At one time the place was an episcopal manor-seat.
1944 Slavonic & East European Rev. Amer. Ser. 3 94 Several properties..in Westchester..were consolidated by the Royal Patent of Philipsborough in 1693, with a manor seat at Yonkers where he dispensed regal hospitality.
1982 Jrnl. Amer. Hist. 69 330 Robert Livingston, Jr.,..ordered all of his tenants to assemble with arms at the manor seat on June 16 [1775].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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