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Manse

Definitions: Manse

Manse

Noun

1. 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: Manse

Synonyms: hall (n), mansion (n), mansion house (n), residence (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Manse

ContextSynonyms 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.

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Crosswords: Manse

English words defined with "manse": Capital manse. (references)
Etymologies containing "manse": mains, messuage. (references)

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Modern Usage: Manse

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Seomgaeguli manse (1972)

Sadhi Manse (1965)

Ingan manse (1962)

Jayu manse (1946)

Aapli Manse (1979)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Manse

DomainTitle

Books

  • An Auld Licht Manse, and Other Sketches (Short Story Index Reprint Series) (reference)

  • My uncle George : the respectful recollections of a backslider in a highland manse (reference)

  • Lady of the Manse (reference)

  • Mosses from an Old Manse (reference)

  • Samuel Workman : the minister and his manse : an affectionate tribute to the Rev. Samuel Workman, B.A., B.D (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Manse

Illustrations:
Manse

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Photo Album: Manse

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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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Manse

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)98.75%7937,388
Noun (proper)1.25%1339,140
                    Total100.00%80N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Manse

Expression using "manse": Capital manse. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "manse": calder-manse.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Manse

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

manse

41

old manse

4

jolly manse

3

livingstones manning manse

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Manse

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

   

Portuguese

  

mansarda (garret), presbitério (parsonage, presbytery, vicarage). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

casã parohialã (parsonage, presbytery). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

дом пастора (parsonage). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

sveštenička kuća. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

casa del pastor (parsonage). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

papaz evi (parsonage, presbytery). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

будинок пастора. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Manse

Derivations

Words beginning with "manse": manservant, manses. (additional references)


Misspellings

"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).

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Rhyming with "Manse"

Words ending with "anse": Transe. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Manse

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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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Manse


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 61 6E 73 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

--    .-    -.    ...    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01100001 01101110 01110011 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#97 &#110 &#115 &#101

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)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4767808571

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Usage Frequency
9. Expressions
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Translations: Modern
12. Derivations
13. Rhymes
14. Anagrams
15. Orthography
16. Bibliography


  

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