manors

plural of manor

Example Sentences

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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for manors
Noun
  • From historical Irish mansions to romantic Italian sojourns, these are the best of the best hotels across Europe and the UK.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The story says two Irish servants working at the Belle Haven mansions in the late 1800s fell in love.
    — Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • That is because in many cases, probate judges determined there was nothing left in the estates after funeral costs and other debts were paid.
    — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026
  • David Jobin, the president and CEO of South Florida philanthropic organization Our Fund Foundation, said more people have reached out to pledge money in their wills and estates since anti-DEI laws began passing in Florida.
    — Zoey Thomas, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Medieval Décor Medieval décor is stepping out of castles and into modern homes.
    — Angelika Pokovba, Martha Stewart, 26 Sep. 2026
  • There are Resident Evil games set in Spanish castles, runaway trains, ocean liners, weird mansions, the bayou, and strange theme-park-like villages, with bespoke creatures in each.
    — Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The resort has 18 suites in the main building, in addition to 39 one-, two-, and three-bedroom villas that overlook the river or jungle around the property.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Cindy and Rande built a home next door to Clooney’s property in Los Cabos, Mexico, with the two residences designed as neighboring villas.
    — Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The coast is peppered with grande dame hotels housed in former convents, centuries-old palaces, and pastel villas where everyone from Maria Callas and Coco Chanel to Liza Minnelli and Elizabeth Taylor have holed up.
    — Lane Nieset, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Wudang’s palaces and temples flourished during the Ming dynasty, when Emperor Zhu Di undertook a major building campaign to align his imperial regime with Taoism.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026

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“Manors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manors. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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