manor

n.

1. 1. A landed estate.
   2. 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. 1. The district over which a lord had domain and could exercise certain rights and privileges in medieval western Europe.
   2. The lord's residence in such a district.

[Middle English, from Old French maneir, manoir, to dwell, manor, from Latin manēre, to remain.]

manorial ma·no'ri·al (mə-nôr'ē-əl, -nōr'-) adj.

The smallest area of land held in the Middle Ages by a feudal lord. It usually covered one single village, and consisted of the lord's holding (the demesne) together with open fields farmed on the three-field system. It had its own court for dealing with minor offences.

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The basic social, political, and economic unit of the manorial system, found in parts of northern Europe, Britain especially, from the 9th century ad. At its heart was a self-sufficient landed estate, or fief, that was under the control of a lord who enjoyed a variety of rights over it and the peasants (serfs) who worked on it. The lord of the manor exercised his rights through a manor court. Some of the tenants also owed a variety of dues and/or labour services on the demesne depending on their tenure. A manor could be part of, co–extensive with, or spread over several vills. In Britain manors ceased to have any general legal significance after ad 1925.

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A house, a dwelling, or a resi- dence.

Historically under English law, a manor was a parcel of land granted by the king to a lord or other high ranking person. Incident to every manor was the right of the lord to hold a court called the court baron, which was organized to maintain and enforce the services and duties that were owed to the lord of the manor. The lands that constituted the manor holdings included terrae tenementales, Latin for "tenemental lands," and terrae dominicales, Latin for "demesne lands." The lord gave the tenemental lands to his followers or retainers in freehold. He retained part of the demesne lands for his own use but gave part to tenants in copyhold— those who took possession of the land by virtue of the evidence or copy in the records of the lord's court. A portion of the demesne lands, called the lord's waste, served as public roads and common pasture land for the lord and his tenants.

The word manor also meant the privilege of having a manor with the jurisdiction of a court baron and the right to receive rents and services from the copyholders.

See: feudalism.

IN BRIEF: The main residence on an estate or plantation.

Despite its age, the manor was well maintained by the hired staff.

Tutor's tip: With much "manure" (dung used as fertilizer) and a patient "manner," (a person's behavior) she created a marvelous landscape around the "manor" (the main house on a large estate).

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - gods, herregård, hovedgård

Nederlands (Dutch)
landhuis, hal, feudaal district (Engeland), gehuurd land (V.S.)

Français (French)
n. - manoir, (Hist) domaine seigneurial, (GB) secteur (argot des policiers)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Landgut

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τιμάριο, φέουδο, τσιφλίκι, αρχοντικό, μέγαρο

Italiano (Italian)
maniero

Português (Portuguese)
n. - domínio feudal (m)

Русский (Russian)
поместье

Español (Spanish)
n. - feudo, señorío, finca

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - herrgård

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
领地, 庄园

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 領地, 莊園

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 영지, 장원

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 荘園, 領地, 邸宅

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عزبه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אחוזה, חווה, משק‬

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