manse
Clergy's grand home
A manse is a house provided for a member of the clergy, especially in Presbyterian and some other Protestant traditions.
The word has a slightly formal or old-fashioned ring: The minister and his family lived in the manse beside the church.
In casual use, manse sometimes appears humorously for any large or stately home.
Religious leader or serve
- pastorChristian congregation leader
- rectorParish clergy chief
- vicarClergy substitute for bishop
- preacherReligious sermon deliverer
chaplain · clergyman · congregation · parish · ordination · sermon · pulpit · ecclesiastical
Clergy residence
Deceptive outward appearance
- porticoColumned covered entryway
- gableTriangular wall portion
- dormerProjecting rooftop window structure
- GeorgianOf four kings' era
Victorian · colonial · stonework · brick · chimney · shutters · veranda · study
Inherited cultural legacy
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- restorationReturning something to condition
- landmarkNotable point of reference
- VictorianOf a prim era
Georgian · colonial · antebellum · period · legacy · ancestral · estate · ivy-covered
Grand and imposing
- imposingImpressively grand in scale
- dignifiedComposed and respectable
- substantialOf notable size or importance
- handsomeAttractive in appearance
respectable · distinguished · venerable · established · prominent · solid · well-appointed · gracious
minister
Religious leader or serve
preacher · chaplain · clergyman · congregation · parish · ordination · sermon · pulpit · ecclesiastical · diocese
vicarage
Clergy residence
facade
Deceptive outward appearance
- porticoColumned covered entryway
- gableTriangular wall portion
- dormerProjecting rooftop window structure
Georgian · Victorian · colonial · stonework · brick · chimney · shutters · veranda · study · library
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- restorationReturning something to condition
- landmarkNotable point of reference
Victorian · Georgian · colonial · antebellum · period · legacy · ancestral · estate · ivy-covered
stately
Grand and imposing
- imposingImpressively grand in scale
- dignifiedComposed and respectable
- substantialOf notable size or importance
handsome · respectable · distinguished · venerable · established · prominent · solid · well-appointed · gracious · formal
- dwellingshouse, home, apartment, cabin, cottage
- historic dwellingslonghouse, log cabin, farmhouse, cottage, adobe house
- church propertychurch building, abbey, rectory, glebe, cathedral
- clergy compensationsalary, stipend, housing allowance, parsonage, rectory
- Scottish ArchitectureEdinburgh Castle, Balmoral Castle, tower house, kirk, tolbooth
- historic housesVictorian house, colonial house, Tudor home, plantation house, antebellum home
- historic mansionSignificant old grand residence
- haunted mansionSpirit-occupied grand residence
- no mans landContested ground between opponents
- manor houseLanded gentry's residence
- no-mans landUnclaimed contested ground
- mans upAccepts responsibility courageously