manor

Aristocrat's country seat

A manor is a large country house with surrounding land, historically the estate of a feudal lord.

The term evokes old wealth and aristocratic life: the lord of the manor, a Victorian manor house.

In British slang, manor means one's home territory or neighborhood: This is my manor.

architecture

hall

Interior connecting pathway

gallery · chapel · cellar · attic · pantry · scullery · parlor · solar · buttress · gable

feudal

medieval

Of the Middle Ages

demesne · tithe · fief · vassal · fealty · peasantry · bondsmen · freeholders · manorial · lord

estate

grounds

Basis for justification

domain · parkland · demesne · freehold · holdings · parcel · hectares · boundaries · surveyed · deeded

aristocracy

lord

Nobleman or ruler

gentry · peerage · baronet · titles · lineage · heraldry · blueblood · aristocrat · landed · titled

heritage

restoration

Returning something to condition

historic · ancestral · heirloom · legacy · inheritance · tradition · patrimony · succession · dynasty · lineage

household

servants

Hired household workers

maid · footman · valet · chambermaid · governess · gardener · coachman · groom · staff · domestic

grounds

gardens

Cultivated planting areas

orchard · vineyard · pasture · meadows · woodland · pond · folly · maze · fountain · terrace

grandeur

stately

Grand and imposing

opulent · splendor · magnificent · elegant · ornate · sumptuous · resplendent · baronial · regal · venerable

Categories
Opposites
dwelling size and grandeur

manorhovel

Wretched small dwelling

shack · hut · shanty · cabin · cottage

social class and wealth signification

manorhovel

Wretched small dwelling

servant's quarters · poorhouse · tenement · council flat · workhouse

Phrases
Family

permanent, mansion, manor house, manors, immanent, manorialism, manor houses

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