as in mansion
a large impressive residence
entertained everyone at their manor house after the wedding ceremony
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Recent Examples of manor house
The crown jewel of the collection is the dramatic hilltop manor house of Cumberland.
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Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Offering the closest thing to a stay in the actual castle, the medieval manor house took two years to restore and offers guests a winter (or summer) escape with a difference.
—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Guests can also go a touch more casual at Ladd’s Tavern, in a new addition to the original manor house.
—Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 6 Dec. 2024
Nearly two dozen mysterious markings have been discovered at a medieval manor house in Lincolnshire, England.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
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Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Offering the closest thing to a stay in the actual castle, the medieval manor house took two years to restore and offers guests a winter (or summer) escape with a difference.
—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Guests can also go a touch more casual at Ladd’s Tavern, in a new addition to the original manor house.
—Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 6 Dec. 2024
Nearly two dozen mysterious markings have been discovered at a medieval manor house in Lincolnshire, England.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manor house
Noun
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In June, Sacks, previously a Trump critic, hosted a fundraiser at his Pacific Heights mansion that raised $12 million for the Republican leader’s presidential campaign.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
5 Feb. 2025
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News that Lopez and Affleck were selling their marital mansion broke last June, months after speculation began that they were headed for divorce.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
1 Feb. 2025
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Qualley is set to play a governess who is taking care of children in a remote gothic manor while hiding her psychopathic tendencies.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
20 Jan. 2025
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See which remarkable manors and estates have stood in for royal homes throughout history.—
Alex Apatoff,
People.com,
13 Jan. 2025
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The villa began life in 1928 as the Los Angeles Times Demonstration Home—a flagship of an élite new development, the Miramar Estates.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2025
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The movie revolves around Mehdi, 25, who is invited to spend a quiet summer with his girlfriend Garance and his in-laws in the south of France, and sees their trip turn into chaos after a conflict breaks out between Garance’s family and the villa’s caretakers couple.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
31 Jan. 2025
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The film, macabre and atmospheric from start to finish, relocates the classic folklore to an isolated hacienda in a Mexican village where a young woman has returned to bury her aunt.—
DeAnna Janes,
Harper's BAZAAR,
28 Aug. 2023
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She was born on May 29, 1917 and grew up in a hacienda in San Luis Potosí, Mexico.—
Natalia Torija Nieto,
ELLE Decor,
28 Sep. 2022
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Meanwhile her brother Jaden Smith arrived at the 2025 Grammy Awards while wearing a Louis Vuitton tuxedo and a castle as a bonnet.—
Marissa Muller,
WWD,
2 Feb. 2025
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Workers began building Sforza in 1358, but the castle was destroyed during a period of political unrest about a century later.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Among the producers of Michael are co-executors of the Jackson estate John Branca and John McClain.—
Benjamin VanHoose,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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The terminal sale and the class action settlement aren’t the only matters Yellow’s estate is still litigating in Delaware bankruptcy court.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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That means putting it in public museums, rather than the traditional palaces of ceremonial monarchs.—
Ralph Leonard,
The Atlantic,
4 Feb. 2025
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According to the palace’s post on X, the photo was taken by her six-year old son Prince Louis.—
Max Saltman,
CNN,
3 Feb. 2025
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Over a quarter of U.S. renters spend more than half of their income on housing, census data shows.—
Sami Sparber,
Axios,
28 Jan. 2025
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So Frank started building up housing groups on Facebook, many of them women-only.—
Violet Piper,
Curbed,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Manor house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manor%20house. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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