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Examples of manor house in a Sentence
entertained everyone at their manor house after the wedding ceremony
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Set on almost 20 acres alongside the Douro River in Portugal’s oldest wine-producing region, the Six Senses was once a manor house owned by the wealthy Serpa Pimentel family, who were apparently close friends of King Carlos I and owned numerous vineyards in the area.
—Jessamine Chan, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2024
One of those forced to sell land was Edward Cavenagh-Mainwaring, a farmer whose family owns the local manor house, Whitmore Hall.
—Stephen Castle, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1575, in the meaning defined above
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“Manor house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manor%20house. Accessed 31 May. 2024.
Kids Definition
manor house
noun
: the house of the lord of a manor
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