Definition of manor in English:

manor

noun ˈmanəˈmænər

British

1A large country house with lands.
a Tudor manor house in the English countryside
Kelmscott Manor
Example sentencesExamples
- My room had been the parlor of an ancient manor house before the Occupation.
- The manor house and a group of older cottages are still there, part of a collection of beautiful things that makes La Sagesse special.
- When the original hall was built, it was itself a departure from the medieval style of mansion and was the first manor house in the county made of brick and stone.
- Before the first shaft was sunk in 1900, the only buildings on this sweep of coast were an ancient manor house and its barns.
- It is in a walled garden next to Sion Hill Hall, an elegant manor house built in 1912 by the York architect Walter H Brierley.
- Money for the estate and a derelict manor house will come from the Millennium Fund, the EU and direct government funds.
- The manor house was sold to the Rutsons, a family of Liverpool merchants, in 1839, but they mainly lived elsewhere.
- Medieval descriptions of manor houses are rare and usually brief, but there is a wealth of later material.
- The Jacobean manor house is crumbling rapidly having lost its roof and now even its walls are in danger of falling.
- This appeared to carry water ducted from the hills north of the site, where North Farm now stands, to either the village or the manor house.
- Just a few miles away from Woolacombe stands Arlington Court, a Georgian manor house set in acres of rolling Devonshire parkland.
- Agecroft Hall, a Tudor manor house, was shipped to the United States piece by piece and now draws 20,000 visitors each year.
- In 1502 the manor house was sold to Sir Henry Clifford, of Skipton Castle.
- For the interior alterations and additions to the manor house, Robinson turned to several architects, firstly George Devey.
- A manor house was a very visible show of a person's wealth.
- The peeling frescoes that ornament the living room of a manor house are all that remain to suggest its colonial grandeur.
- A manor house dating from before 1150 is Britain's oldest continually occupied house, it was claimed today.
- In the 14th Century a manor house was built on the site and it became a mansion in the 1800s.
- Visible earthworks include roads, a fishpond, the foundation of a manor house, and 30 peasant houses set out in regular rows.
- In the past, the country manor house welcomed gentry for deer hunting.
Synonyms
mansion, stately home, hall, big house, manor house, country house, castle, palace
1. 1.1historical (in England and Wales) a unit of land, originally a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and lands rented to tenants.
  〈主史〉（尤指英格兰和威尔士封建领主的）领地；庄园
  the right to mine ores within the manor of Little Langdale
  Example sentencesExamples
  The operation of these plantations resembled the feudal manors of medieval Europe.
  Serfs worked the land and produced the goods that the lord and his manor needed.
  In 1449, she was expelled from the manor by Lord Moleyns's men, but not without a prodigious struggle.
  In English Ireland they were associated with the reorganization of the land into manors with demesne land and dependent tenants, based to some extent on English models.
  Bound to the land, they could not leave the manor without the lord's consent.
  Synonyms
  realm, kingdom, empire, dominion, province, estate, territory, land, lands, dominions
2. 1.2historical (in North America) an estate or district leased to tenants, especially one granted by royal charter in a British colony or by the Dutch governors of what is now New York State.
  〈史〉（北美，尤指在英国殖民地由皇家特许或由荷兰总督在今纽约州授予的）永久租地
2one's manorinformal The district covered by a police station.
〈英，非正式〉警署辖区
they were the undisputed rulers of their manor
他们是自己地盘无可争议的统治者。
Synonyms
district, region, zone, area, local area, locality, locale, neighbourhood
1. 2.1 One's own neighbourhood or area of operation.
  居住区；地盘
  Synonyms
  haunt, stamping ground, favourite spot, meeting place, territory, domain, purlieu, resort

Derivatives

manorial

adjective məˈnɔːrɪəlməˈnɔriəl

British

As with manorial surveys, women and children are less likely to be mentioned in manorial court records than men.
Example sentencesExamples
- Penn was a feudal lord who could create manorial courts; furthermore, Penn could not transfer his royally delegated powers to the people, but only to a deputy such as himself.
- Many features of manorial jurisdiction as practised in 1280 cannot have gone back more than a hundred years, because they so plainly echoed recent developments in superior courts.
- The peasants also refused to pay taxes, tithes and manorial dues to their landlords, whom they held responsible for their economic plight.
- It also gives the manorial net income (referred to as the ‘annual value’) and tax assessment.

Origin

Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French maner 'dwelling', from Latin manere 'remain'.

Rhymes

Alana, Anna, bandanna, banner, Branagh, canna, canner, Diana, fanner, Fermanagh, Guyana, Hannah, Havana, hosanna, Indiana, Joanna, lanner, Louisiana, manna, manner, Montana, nana, planner, Pollyanna, Rosanna, savannah, scanner, spanner, Susanna, tanner

Definition of manor in US English:

manor

(also manor house)

nounˈmanərˈmænər

1A large country house with lands; the principal house of a landed estate.
庄园宅第，庄园府第
Example sentencesExamples
- When the original hall was built, it was itself a departure from the medieval style of mansion and was the first manor house in the county made of brick and stone.
- In 1502 the manor house was sold to Sir Henry Clifford, of Skipton Castle.
- Money for the estate and a derelict manor house will come from the Millennium Fund, the EU and direct government funds.
- The manor house was sold to the Rutsons, a family of Liverpool merchants, in 1839, but they mainly lived elsewhere.
- The peeling frescoes that ornament the living room of a manor house are all that remain to suggest its colonial grandeur.
- Visible earthworks include roads, a fishpond, the foundation of a manor house, and 30 peasant houses set out in regular rows.
- In the 14th Century a manor house was built on the site and it became a mansion in the 1800s.
- My room had been the parlor of an ancient manor house before the Occupation.
- In the past, the country manor house welcomed gentry for deer hunting.
- Agecroft Hall, a Tudor manor house, was shipped to the United States piece by piece and now draws 20,000 visitors each year.
- Just a few miles away from Woolacombe stands Arlington Court, a Georgian manor house set in acres of rolling Devonshire parkland.
- This appeared to carry water ducted from the hills north of the site, where North Farm now stands, to either the village or the manor house.
- A manor house was a very visible show of a person's wealth.
- Medieval descriptions of manor houses are rare and usually brief, but there is a wealth of later material.
- Before the first shaft was sunk in 1900, the only buildings on this sweep of coast were an ancient manor house and its barns.
- The Jacobean manor house is crumbling rapidly having lost its roof and now even its walls are in danger of falling.
- It is in a walled garden next to Sion Hill Hall, an elegant manor house built in 1912 by the York architect Walter H Brierley.
- A manor house dating from before 1150 is Britain's oldest continually occupied house, it was claimed today.
- For the interior alterations and additions to the manor house, Robinson turned to several architects, firstly George Devey.
- The manor house and a group of older cottages are still there, part of a collection of beautiful things that makes La Sagesse special.
Synonyms
mansion, stately home, hall, big house, manor house, country house, castle, palace
1. 1.1historical (especially in England and Wales) a unit of land, originally a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and lands rented to tenants.
  〈主史〉（尤指英格兰和威尔士封建领主的）领地；庄园
  Example sentencesExamples
  In 1449, she was expelled from the manor by Lord Moleyns's men, but not without a prodigious struggle.
  Bound to the land, they could not leave the manor without the lord's consent.
  Serfs worked the land and produced the goods that the lord and his manor needed.
  In English Ireland they were associated with the reorganization of the land into manors with demesne land and dependent tenants, based to some extent on English models.
  The operation of these plantations resembled the feudal manors of medieval Europe.
  Synonyms
  realm, kingdom, empire, dominion, province, estate, territory, land, lands, dominions
2. 1.2historical (in North America) an estate or district leased to tenants, especially one granted by royal charter in a British colony or by the Dutch governors of what is now New York State.
  〈史〉（北美，尤指在英国殖民地由皇家特许或由荷兰总督在今纽约州授予的）永久租地

Origin

Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French maner ‘dwelling’, from Latin manere ‘remain’.

单词	manor
释义	Definition of manor in English: manor noun ˈmanəˈmænər British 1A large country house with lands. a Tudor manor house in the English countryside Kelmscott Manor Example sentencesExamples My room had been the parlor of an ancient manor house before the Occupation. The manor house and a group of older cottages are still there, part of a collection of beautiful things that makes La Sagesse special. When the original hall was built, it was itself a departure from the medieval style of mansion and was the first manor house in the county made of brick and stone. Before the first shaft was sunk in 1900, the only buildings on this sweep of coast were an ancient manor house and its barns. It is in a walled garden next to Sion Hill Hall, an elegant manor house built in 1912 by the York architect Walter H Brierley. Money for the estate and a derelict manor house will come from the Millennium Fund, the EU and direct government funds. The manor house was sold to the Rutsons, a family of Liverpool merchants, in 1839, but they mainly lived elsewhere. Medieval descriptions of manor houses are rare and usually brief, but there is a wealth of later material. The Jacobean manor house is crumbling rapidly having lost its roof and now even its walls are in danger of falling. This appeared to carry water ducted from the hills north of the site, where North Farm now stands, to either the village or the manor house. Just a few miles away from Woolacombe stands Arlington Court, a Georgian manor house set in acres of rolling Devonshire parkland. Agecroft Hall, a Tudor manor house, was shipped to the United States piece by piece and now draws 20,000 visitors each year. In 1502 the manor house was sold to Sir Henry Clifford, of Skipton Castle. For the interior alterations and additions to the manor house, Robinson turned to several architects, firstly George Devey. A manor house was a very visible show of a person's wealth. The peeling frescoes that ornament the living room of a manor house are all that remain to suggest its colonial grandeur. A manor house dating from before 1150 is Britain's oldest continually occupied house, it was claimed today. In the 14th Century a manor house was built on the site and it became a mansion in the 1800s. Visible earthworks include roads, a fishpond, the foundation of a manor house, and 30 peasant houses set out in regular rows. In the past, the country manor house welcomed gentry for deer hunting. Synonyms mansion, stately home, hall, big house, manor house, country house, castle, palace 1.1historical (in England and Wales) a unit of land, originally a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and lands rented to tenants. 〈主史〉（尤指英格兰和威尔士封建领主的）领地；庄园 the right to mine ores within the manor of Little Langdale Example sentencesExamples The operation of these plantations resembled the feudal manors of medieval Europe. Serfs worked the land and produced the goods that the lord and his manor needed. In 1449, she was expelled from the manor by Lord Moleyns's men, but not without a prodigious struggle. In English Ireland they were associated with the reorganization of the land into manors with demesne land and dependent tenants, based to some extent on English models. Bound to the land, they could not leave the manor without the lord's consent. Synonyms realm, kingdom, empire, dominion, province, estate, territory, land, lands, dominions 1.2historical (in North America) an estate or district leased to tenants, especially one granted by royal charter in a British colony or by the Dutch governors of what is now New York State. 〈史〉（北美，尤指在英国殖民地由皇家特许或由荷兰总督在今纽约州授予的）永久租地 2one's manorinformal The district covered by a police station. 〈英，非正式〉警署辖区 they were the undisputed rulers of their manor 他们是自己地盘无可争议的统治者。 Synonyms district, region, zone, area, local area, locality, locale, neighbourhood 2.1 One's own neighbourhood or area of operation. 居住区；地盘 Synonyms haunt, stamping ground, favourite spot, meeting place, territory, domain, purlieu, resort Derivatives manorial adjective məˈnɔːrɪəlməˈnɔriəl British As with manorial surveys, women and children are less likely to be mentioned in manorial court records than men. Example sentencesExamples Penn was a feudal lord who could create manorial courts; furthermore, Penn could not transfer his royally delegated powers to the people, but only to a deputy such as himself. Many features of manorial jurisdiction as practised in 1280 cannot have gone back more than a hundred years, because they so plainly echoed recent developments in superior courts. The peasants also refused to pay taxes, tithes and manorial dues to their landlords, whom they held responsible for their economic plight. It also gives the manorial net income (referred to as the ‘annual value’) and tax assessment. Origin Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French maner 'dwelling', from Latin manere 'remain'. Rhymes Alana, Anna, bandanna, banner, Branagh, canna, canner, Diana, fanner, Fermanagh, Guyana, Hannah, Havana, hosanna, Indiana, Joanna, lanner, Louisiana, manna, manner, Montana, nana, planner, Pollyanna, Rosanna, savannah, scanner, spanner, Susanna, tanner Definition of manor in US English: manor (also manor house) nounˈmanərˈmænər 1A large country house with lands; the principal house of a landed estate. 庄园宅第，庄园府第 Example sentencesExamples When the original hall was built, it was itself a departure from the medieval style of mansion and was the first manor house in the county made of brick and stone. In 1502 the manor house was sold to Sir Henry Clifford, of Skipton Castle. Money for the estate and a derelict manor house will come from the Millennium Fund, the EU and direct government funds. The manor house was sold to the Rutsons, a family of Liverpool merchants, in 1839, but they mainly lived elsewhere. The peeling frescoes that ornament the living room of a manor house are all that remain to suggest its colonial grandeur. Visible earthworks include roads, a fishpond, the foundation of a manor house, and 30 peasant houses set out in regular rows. In the 14th Century a manor house was built on the site and it became a mansion in the 1800s. My room had been the parlor of an ancient manor house before the Occupation. In the past, the country manor house welcomed gentry for deer hunting. Agecroft Hall, a Tudor manor house, was shipped to the United States piece by piece and now draws 20,000 visitors each year. Just a few miles away from Woolacombe stands Arlington Court, a Georgian manor house set in acres of rolling Devonshire parkland. This appeared to carry water ducted from the hills north of the site, where North Farm now stands, to either the village or the manor house. A manor house was a very visible show of a person's wealth. Medieval descriptions of manor houses are rare and usually brief, but there is a wealth of later material. Before the first shaft was sunk in 1900, the only buildings on this sweep of coast were an ancient manor house and its barns. The Jacobean manor house is crumbling rapidly having lost its roof and now even its walls are in danger of falling. It is in a walled garden next to Sion Hill Hall, an elegant manor house built in 1912 by the York architect Walter H Brierley. A manor house dating from before 1150 is Britain's oldest continually occupied house, it was claimed today. For the interior alterations and additions to the manor house, Robinson turned to several architects, firstly George Devey. The manor house and a group of older cottages are still there, part of a collection of beautiful things that makes La Sagesse special. Synonyms mansion, stately home, hall, big house, manor house, country house, castle, palace 1.1historical (especially in England and Wales) a unit of land, originally a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and lands rented to tenants. 〈主史〉（尤指英格兰和威尔士封建领主的）领地；庄园 Example sentencesExamples In 1449, she was expelled from the manor by Lord Moleyns's men, but not without a prodigious struggle. Bound to the land, they could not leave the manor without the lord's consent. Serfs worked the land and produced the goods that the lord and his manor needed. In English Ireland they were associated with the reorganization of the land into manors with demesne land and dependent tenants, based to some extent on English models. The operation of these plantations resembled the feudal manors of medieval Europe. Synonyms realm, kingdom, empire, dominion, province, estate, territory, land, lands, dominions 1.2historical (in North America) an estate or district leased to tenants, especially one granted by royal charter in a British colony or by the Dutch governors of what is now New York State. 〈史〉（北美，尤指在英国殖民地由皇家特许或由荷兰总督在今纽约州授予的）永久租地 Origin Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French maner ‘dwelling’, from Latin manere ‘remain’.
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