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.
Capital manse, the manor house, or lord's court.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.