manor house
noun
: the house of the lord of a manor
Synonyms
- castle
- château
- estate
- hacienda
- hall
- manor
- manse
- mansion
- palace
- villa
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Example Sentences
entertained everyone at their manor house after the wedding ceremony
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Noah Robertson, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Sep. 2022 Camilla settled into a pretty manor house in Wiltshire and had two children, Tom and Laura. Simon Usborne, Town & Country, 17 July 2022 The estate remained in open fields owing to debts, disagreements, and the financial strain caused by the construction of a new manor house in 1864. Eula Biss, The New Yorker, 8 June 2022 First constructed more than 200 years ago, Franc Vila’s manor house in Pego, Spain, is an irreplaceable find. R. Daniel Foster, Forbes, 16 July 2022 The 1795 manor house was added on to and renovated in 1820, 1918, 1931 and 1989. Kathy Orton, Washington Post, 15 July 2022 Demonstrators seized the official residence of the prime minister, too, turning the colonial manor house into a free community kitchen. Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 15 July 2022 The oldest portion of the 1781 manor house is a log cabin believed to have been built more than seven decades earlier. Mary Carole Mccauley, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2022 Three red buses wound their way through the Kent countryside before stopping before a gracious manor house, which would soon become known as the Bunce Court School, named for its historic buildings. Deborah Cadbury, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 July 2022 See More
Noah Robertson, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Sep. 2022 Camilla settled into a pretty manor house in Wiltshire and had two children, Tom and Laura. Simon Usborne, Town & Country, 17 July 2022 The estate remained in open fields owing to debts, disagreements, and the financial strain caused by the construction of a new manor house in 1864. Eula Biss, The New Yorker, 8 June 2022 First constructed more than 200 years ago, Franc Vila’s manor house in Pego, Spain, is an irreplaceable find. R. Daniel Foster, Forbes, 16 July 2022 The 1795 manor house was added on to and renovated in 1820, 1918, 1931 and 1989. Kathy Orton, Washington Post, 15 July 2022 Demonstrators seized the official residence of the prime minister, too, turning the colonial manor house into a free community kitchen. Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 15 July 2022 The oldest portion of the 1781 manor house is a log cabin believed to have been built more than seven decades earlier. Mary Carole Mccauley, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2022 Three red buses wound their way through the Kent countryside before stopping before a gracious manor house, which would soon become known as the Bunce Court School, named for its historic buildings. Deborah Cadbury, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 July 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1575, in the meaning defined above
manor house
noun
as in mansion
a large impressive residence entertained everyone at their manor house after the wedding ceremony Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- mansion
- manor
- villa
- castle
- hacienda
- estate
- palace
- housing
- house
- hall
- château
- residency
- manse
- home
- lodging(s)
- country house
- town house
- penthouse
- abode
- dwelling
- great house
- roof
- domicile
- place
- nest
- habitation
- showplace
- hearth
- pad
- suite
- countryseat
- quarter(s)
- salon
- aerie