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Meaning of Manse | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
mæns

Definitions

  1. A house inhabited by the minister of a parish.
  2. A family dwelling, an owner-occupied house.
    archaic
  3. A large house, a mansion.

Equivalents

العربية منزل القسّ
Deutsch Pfarrhaus
Suomi pappila
Français manse
Italiano canonica presbiterio

Examples

“He has caught a glint of steel in the manse gateway, but it is only the minister's bicycle still chained to the trunk of a monkeypuzzle tree as a precaution against unchristian covetousness.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

Manseau Mansel Mansell manseng mansengs Manser

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