manse

Examples

• All

• The large, historical manse was the pride of the community, showcasing its impressive architecture.

• I'll be next door at the manse, if you need me.

  Carnival of Souls (1962)

• I had refused to be taken to the hospital, so we had gone back to the manse.

  Fiction book (1992)

• The police went to the Reverend's manse to take a statement.

  Academic text (1996)

• Almost every afternoon, she walked over to the manse and joined David and Elsie in the garden shed.

  Fiction book (1996)

• A modest manse, 17th or 18th century, stands just outside the church gates.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Rogoff was waiting for me in the flowered sitting room of the Gillsworth manse.

  Fiction book (1992)

• During her visit, she marveled at the size of the manse where the minister and his family lived.

Synonyms

R

rectory

vsmanse

20 7.7

A house provided by a church for its leader

is often a larger, more impressive house than a standard church residence

P

parsonage

vsmanse

5 9.3

A house a church gives to its priest or minister to live in

is often a larger, more impressive house than a standard church residence

V

vicarage

vsmanse

• UK

2 8.8

A house that a church gives to its priest

is often a larger, more impressive house than a standard church residence

How Big

palace

241 1.0

mansion

327 3.4

manse

• UK

4 9.9

house

∞ 1.0

cottage

171 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology