Demesne
[dɪ'meɪn;dɪ'miːn] or [də'men]
Definition
(n.) A lord's chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor's own use.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
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Definition
n. a manor-house with lands adjacent to it not let out to tenants: any estate in land.
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Examples
- A small green court was the whole of its demesne in front; and a neat wicket gate admitted them into it. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- As for you, Chettam, you are spending a fortune on those oak fences round your demesne. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- One was to erect a new order of jurisdiction, by establishing magistrates and a town-council in every considerable town of his demesnes. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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