manse
noun
- clergy house
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /mæns/
noun
Etymology: From Medieval Latin mānsus (“dwelling”), from Latin manēre (“to remain”), whence also manor, mansion. Doublet of mas.
- A house inhabited by the minister of a parish.
“He has caught a glint of steel in the manse gateway, but it is only the minister's bicycle still chained to the trunk of a monkeypuzzle tree as a precaution against unchristian covetousness.”
- A family dwelling, an owner-occupied house.
- A large house, a mansion.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English mansien, apheretic variant of amansien, from Old English āmǣnsumian (“to excommunicate”). More at amanse.
- To excommunicate; curse.