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Today's Word "manse"

A large and imposing residence on

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manse \MAN(T)S\ (noun) - 1 : A large and imposing residence. 2 : The residence of a clergyman (especially a Presbyterian clergyman).

"That Carmela was a certified divorcee was one of many facts about her which failed to fit, along with her still living with her adopted daughter in her eerie gothic Victorian manse."

 

Manse comes from Medieval Latin mansa, "a dwelling," from Latin manere, "to dwell; to remain."


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