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Definitions: Manse |
ManseNoun1. A large and imposing house. 2. The residence of a clergyman (especially a Presbyterian clergyman). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "manse" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1882. (references) |
Etymology: Manse \Manse\, noun. [from Late Latin expression mansa, mansus, mansum, farm, from the Latin expression manere, mansum, to stay, dwell. See Mansion, Manor.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: ManseSynonyms: hall (n), mansion (n), mansion house (n), residence (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Temple | Parsonage, rectory, vicarage, manse, deanery, glebe; Vatican; bishop's palace; Lambeth. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Manse |
| English words defined with "manse": Capital manse. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "manse": mains, messuage. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Seomgaeguli manse (1972) Sadhi Manse (1965) Ingan manse (1962) Jayu manse (1946) Aapli Manse (1979) | |
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![]() | Old Manse from the highway, Concord, Massachusetts.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | The Old manse, Concord, Massachusetts.Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | The Old Manse, Concord.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Deerfield, Massachusetts restoration. Manse I.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Manse" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.75% of the time. "Manse" is used about 80 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.75% | 79 | 37,388 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 80 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "manse": Capital manse. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "manse": calder-manse. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
manse | 41 |
old manse | 4 |
jolly manse | 3 |
livingstones manning manse | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "manse"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shtëpi prifti. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | жилище на свещеник (vicarage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | محل سکنی (By), خانه مسکونی , خانه کشیش . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | pappila (rectory, vicarage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | presbytère. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | pfarrhaus (parsonage, presbytery, rectory, vicarage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πρεσβυτέριο (parsonage, presbytery, rectory), οικία εφημερίου (rectory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | paplak skótul. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | casa parrocchiale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | thie shirveishagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ansemay mansarda (garret), presbitério (parsonage, presbytery, vicarage). (various references) casã parohialã (parsonage, presbytery). (various references) дом пастора (parsonage). (various references) sveštenička kuća. (various references) casa del pastor (parsonage). (various references) papaz evi (parsonage, presbytery). (various references) будинок пастора. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "manse": manservant, manses. (additional references) | |
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"Manse" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: amnes, anse, anze, hasnae, kansei, Macnissi, Maese, maise, Maisel, Manaen, Manasa, manasir, Manaso, Manasse, Manesse, manest, manev, manie, manne, mannie, mansa, mansef, mansel, Manseng, manser, Mansin, mansit, Manso, mante, manz, manza, Manzer, Manzie, manzo, manzur, mapse, marnes, Marse, marsei, mase, masned, Mause, Maynes, mayse, mcans, menase, menes, Menise, mensa, mensae, Mense, mensed, menset, mensex, menshe, Mensi, menso, menze, mesneux, Mijnssen, minise, minse, mnso, monse, monsi, Monsue, Monzi, Msans, munsel, Munsen, munset, Mwanza, Zaanse. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words ending with "anse": Transe. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: amens, manes, means, mensa, names, nemas. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-m-n-s" | |
-1 letter: amen, anes, maes, mane, mans, mean, mesa, name, nema, same, sane, seam. | |
-2 letters: ane, ems, ens, mae, man, mas, men, nae, nam, sae, sea, sen. | |
-3 letters: ae, am, an, as, em, en, es, ma, me, na, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-m-n-s" | |
+1 letter: amends, aments, amines, animes, ashmen, desman, enemas, gasmen, inseam, lemans, manges, manses, mantes, mavens, menads, mensae, mensal, mensas, mesian, messan, namers, ramens, remans, seaman, seamen, semina, stamen, unseam, yamens. | |
+2 letters: acumens, almners, almsmen, ambones, ammines, amnesia, amnesic, amnesty, anadems, anemias, anomies, anthems, baseman, basemen, batsmen, bedamns, bemeans, bemoans, benames, bynames, cinemas, daemons, damners, dampens, daysmen, demands, demeans, deskman, desmans, embanks, enamels, enamors, encamps, engrams, enigmas, etamins, examens, famines, flamens, gamines, germans, haemins, hetmans, inmates, inseams, jasmine, kamseen, kinemas, laments, lensman, maddens, madness, maenads, magnets, maidens, malines, manages, manches, maneges, mangels, mangers, mangles, mangoes, manless, manners, mannose, mantels, mantles, manures, manwise, marines, martens, masoned, meaners, meanest, meanies, medians, medinas, medusan, menaces, menages, menials, messans, messman, misname, moaners, monades, newsman, oarsmen, pneumas, remains, remands, renames, sagamen, samisen, sandmen, sarment, seaming, seedman, seminal, seminar, sideman, smarten, sokeman, stamens, sunbeam, surname, swagmen, tameins, tandems, unmakes, unseams. | |
+3 letters: abdomens, adenomas, agendums, agnomens, ailments, albumens, alienism, aliments, almoners, alumines, ambients, amenders, amentias, amidines, amidones, amnesiac, amnesias, amnesics, amnestic, amniotes, amylenes, anaemias, anemones, anemoses, anemosis, aneurism, aneurysm, animates, animuses, augments, axonemes, bailsmen, bandsmen, basement, beadsman, beadsmen, bedesman, bimensal, bluesman, boatsmen, calmness, carmines, casement, chessman, clansmen, cragsmen, cremains, daemones, daimones, dalesman, dalesmen, damndest, dampness, diamines, duramens, easement, emanates, empanels, emplanes, enamines, enamours, endgames, enflames, enframes, ensample, etamines, examines, flamines, foramens, fraenums, freshman, gambeson, gamelans, gameness, gamesman, gamesmen, gaminess, garments, glassmen, hambones, handsome, harmines, headsman, headsmen, helmsman, hematins, herdsman, hogmanes, horseman, houseman, humanest, humanise, imagines, impanels, infamies, inflames, jasmines, jobnames, kamseens, khamseen, lameness, laminose, landsmen, leadsman, leadsmen, linesman, machines, madrones, maenades, magentas, magnates, magnesia, magnesic, magnetos, maleness, manacles, managers, manatees, manchets, mandates, mandrels, maneless, mangiest, manglers, manholes, manifest, manilles, maniples, manliest, mannites, mannoses, manropes, manteaus, mantises, mantlets, manurers, margents, mariners, marksmen, marlines, matinees, matiness, maunders, maundies, maziness, meanders, meanings, meanness, mediants, medusans, megatons, melanges, melanics, melanins, melanism, melanist, melanous, menacers, menazons, meniscal, menorahs, menstrua, mensural, menswear, mesnalty, methanes, minarets, minerals, mintages, misagent, misatone, misbegan, miseaten, mislearn, misnamed, misnames, mistaken, monerans, monstera, montages, montanes, moraines, mundanes, mutagens, nameless, namesake, nametags, neoplasm, neuromas, numerals, nutmeats, onstream, overmans, paeanism, pampeans, panmixes, payments, pembinas, pemicans, pennames, pleonasm, prenames, pressman, raftsmen, raiments, ramekins, ransomed, ransomer, reinsman, remnants, rhamnose, romaines, romances, romanise, salesman, salesmen, sameness, samisens, sarmenta, sarments, seamanly, seamount, seedsman, semantic, seminars, seminary, semolina, sheepman, simazine, smaltine, smartens, smearing, sonarmen, spaceman, spacemen, spearman, spearmen, steaming, sunbeams, sunbeamy, superman, surnamed, surnamer, surnames, sycamine, talesman, talesmen, tameness, tonearms, trashmen, unamused, unmakers, unmasked, unmasker, unseamed, unshamed, varments, veganism, verseman, warmness, womanise. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 6E 73 65 |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- -. ... . |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01101110 01110011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a n s e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 006E 0073 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4767808571 |
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