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Descriptive of a country house
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manorial
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Word definitions for manorial in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1785, from manor + -al (1).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. of or relating to or based on the manor; "manorial accounts"
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Of or pertaining to a manor or to manorialism.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Manorial \Ma*no"ri*al\, a. Of or pertaining to a manor. `` Manorial claims.'' --Paley.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He continued to serve the Corbetts, for example, as manorial steward, after he had inherited the Newton freehold. ▪ In all, sixty-seven of the tenants named in this manorial survey held less than a half-yardland. ▪ In the ...
Usage examples of manorial.
Disguised, he then opened a channel to a Red Manorial redaction boutique in the Deep Dreaming.
In the quiet evenfall, In the garden by the turrets Of the old manorial hall.
Brought up at Fellside, in that new part of the Westmoreland house which had been built by her grandmother and had no history, she felt thrilled by the sober splendour of this fine old manorial mansion.
The manorial farm of Hautbois, now occupied by Farmer Seedling, is charged with the endowment and maintenance of an almshouse.
A proceeding having been instituted in the Court of Common Pleas for the recovery of certain manorial rights in the county of Kent, the defendant offered to prove by single combat his right to retain possession.
About eighty percent of American farmers rent land or work for large farm management firms, a condition shockingly similar to the manorial system in ancient Rome.
His majestic compeer seems to have entered into an agreement with him, that they shall not interfere with each other's manorial rights, and where you find the royal tiger, you need not dread the presence of the lion.
Lodge remarked that in Washington Harding lived in a two-family house and so must be denied the manorial splendor of the White House.