manse

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
9
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/mæns/

Definition of manse

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To excommunicate; curse.
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verb

  1. (transitive)To excommunicate; curse.

noun

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

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Etymology

From Middle English mansien, apheretic variant of amansien, from Old English āmǣnsumian (“to excommunicate”). More at amanse.

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