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单词 messuage
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messuage

noun

mes·​suage ˈmes-wij How to pronounce messuage (audio)
: premise sense 3b

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web In 1536, when Henry VIII began dissolving the Catholic monasteries, Vaughan was given twelve messuages—houses with lands and adjacent buildings. Jamie Quatro, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2019

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin messuagium

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Legal Definition

messuage

noun

mes·​suage ˈmes-wij How to pronounce messuage (audio)
: a dwelling house with the adjacent buildings and curtilage and other adjoining lands used in connection with the household

History and Etymology for messuage

Anglo-French, probably alteration of Old French mesnage dwelling house, ultimately from Latin mansion- mansio habitation, dwelling, from manēre to remain, sojourn, dwell

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