n. 1. a. A landed estate. b. The main house on an estate; a mansion. 2. A tract of land in certain North American colonies with hereditary rights granted to the proprietor by royal charter. 3. a. The district over which a lord had domain and could exercise certain rights and privileges in medieval western Europe. b. The lord's residence in such a district. [Middle English maner, manoir, from Old French maneir, manoir, to dwell, manor, from Latin manēre, to remain; see men-3 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] ma·nori·al (mə-nôrē-əl) adj. |
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