manor.

1. A principal country house associated with a landed estate.

2. A landed estate or territorial unit associated with a lord’s rights and manorial administration.

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Words that belong together

• a country manor
• the manor’s entrance

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The country manor stood apart from the village that sustained it.

The manor’s entrance revealed the family’s new wealth more clearly than the account books did.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting. Forms: Singular manor; plural manors. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.