Demesne

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Law Possession and use of one's own land.
  • n. Manorial land retained for the private use of a feudal lord.
  • n. The grounds belonging to a mansion or country house.
  • n. An extensive piece of landed property; an estate.
  • n. A district; a territory.
  • n. A realm; a domain.
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  • 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.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Power; dominion; possession. See demain.
  • n. A manor-house and the land adjacent or near, which a lord of the manor keeps in his own occupation, for the use of his family, as distinguished from his tenemental lands, distributed among his tenants, originally called bookland or charter-land, and folk-land or estates held in villeinage, from which sprang copyhold estates.
  • n. Any estate in land.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. territory over which rule or control is exercised
  • n. extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use
    • Cross Reference
    ancient demesne    in his demesne as of fee    demesne lands   
    Variant
    demain   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    estat   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    manor    mountain-slope    patrimony    country seat    fief   
     
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