Manses


[mans] /mæns/

noun
1.
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
2.
the dwelling of a landholder; mansion.
/mæns/
noun
1.
(in certain religious denominations) the house provided for a minister
n.

late 15c., “mansion house,” from Medieval Latin mansus “dwelling house; amount of land sufficient for a family,” noun use of masculine past participle of Latin manere “to remain” (see mansion).

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