Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Manse"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Manse \Manse\, n. [LL. mansa, mansus, mansum, a farm, fr. L.
manere, mansum, to stay, dwell. See {Mansion}, {Manor}.]
1. A dwelling house, generally with land attached.
2. The parsonage; a clergyman's house. [Scot.]
{Capital manse}, the manor house, or lord's court.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
manse
n 1: a large and imposing house [syn: {mansion}, {mansion house},
{hall}, {residence}]
2: the residence of a clergyman (especially a Presbyterian
clergyman)
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