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manors

noun

plural of manor

as in mansions

a large impressive residence the old family manor has 117 rooms

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Recent Examples of manors For a honeymoon, Ireland offers everything from castle estates and countryside manors to dramatic coastlines and quiet villages. — Bryan West, USA Today, 7 July 2026 And, of course, there are plenty of castles, estates, and old manors to get your history fix. — Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2026 Blackwood, with her firsthand knowledge of drafty manors and unhinged families, explains with remorseless precision what lies behind the fantasy—what happens when the houses, and the people in them, are neither charismatic nor lovable. — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 10 June 2026 Let alone seek revenge by annexing the manors of your enemies. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 4 Feb. 2026 Virginia‘s countryside is dotted with traditional farmhouses and manors, but one in the foothills of the Southwest Mountains has been given a contemporary twist by a New York architect. — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2025 Designed for a Vanderbilt who never moved in, its monumental rooms were plucked from European manors and have somehow remained more or less unchanged for nearly a century. — Robert Khederian, Curbed, 17 Sep. 2025 Initial reports claimed that armed militias burned hundreds of wealthy landowners’ homes and manors. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2025 Increasingly sophisticated contemporary hotels are opening, old manors are being converted into hotels, and eco-lodges are launching for the walker and nature seeker for whom the frequent rain is no obstacle. — Mary Lussiana, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Aug. 2023

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All but five states have governor’s mansions for their leaders to live and work from, with the exceptions being Arizona, Idaho, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

— Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 6 Nov. 2026
His beach houses of interlocking, geometric forms sheathed in shingles or cedar panels already dotted the potato fields of the East End, and wealthy clients were asking for year-round mansions in the commuter suburbs.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of mansions

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The One Big Beautiful Bill eliminated the estate tax, which applies to the wealth of large estates.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026
Sensory gardens scale down to small patios, raised beds and family-friendly plots, so the concept is not reserved for sprawling landscaped estates.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of estates

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Under Spanish rule, able-bodied Malay men, from teenagers to adults, were required to perform 40 days of unpaid annual labor on roads, bridges, churches, forts, piers, plantations, haciendas and mines.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
The gringos are coming, and Latour must shore up the diocese, trekking between isolated haciendas and pueblos with his quasi-spousal companion Father Vaillant.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2026

Definition of haciendas

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Their task was to design 100 villas for anonymous (and seemingly nonexistent) Chinese millionaires.

— Fred A. Bernstein, Architectural Digest, 4 Nov. 2026
The property is also home to two villas, both of which overlook the on-site golf course, as well as 14 suites within the Spa Mansion.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of villas

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From the Renaissance palaces of Italy to the ryokan inns of Japan, the hospitality sector has been an active player in restoring old properties.

— Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026
At the highest tier, palaces and soaring residences allow even more space, privacy, and room for entertaining, creating a distinctly residential feel.

— Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 20 Oct. 2026

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