单词 | lord of the manor |
释义 | > as lemmaslord of the manor d. lord of the manor. extracted from lordn.int. (a) A feudal superior; an owner of a manor (now somewhat rare). Later more generally: an owner of a large house or estate. Now also in to play (also act) the lord of the manor: to behave in a grand, overbearing, or proprietorial manner.Feudal lordships of the manor consist of three elements: a title, a manor house or land, and certain rights granted to the holder; these elements can exist separately or in combination. Lordships of this kind are a remnant of feudalism but exist in current property law. Especially since the mid 20th cent. many titles have been purchased to which property and rights are no longer attached; these are known as incorporeal hereditament. Any rights attached to titles have lapsed unless registered in the Land Registration Act of 2002. [Compare post-classical Latin dominus manerii lord of a (particular) manor (from 1086 in British sources), Anglo-Norman seignur del maner (c1292 or earlier). Compare earlier landlord n.] ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > (feudal) superior lordOE superior1472 lord of the manor1528 lord of the soil1594 1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) ii. f. xiiv If..a straunger brynge a precipe quod reddat agaynst the lorde of the manour [Fr. le seignior del manor] and recoueryth the manour agaynst hym..the tenaunte shall ones agayne do homage. 1593 J. Adames Order of Keeping Court Leete sig. E3v Note that all the vacant and waste land within the Manour, is to the Lord of the Manour. 1607 J. Norden Surueyors Dialogue iii. 110 Hath the Lord of the Mannor any peculiar fishing within any river. 1687 Philos. Trans. 1686–7 (Royal Soc.) 16 221 Upon the petition of Messire Robert,..Lord of the Mannour of the upper and lower Cocherel, wee have this day come to the sayd town of Cocherel. 1718 W. Wood Surv. Trade 309 It is most strange and unaccountable Policy in many Lords of Mannors. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. xii. 387 All lords of manors, or barons, that held of the king in capite, had seats in the great council. 1830 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 96/1 The lord of the manor has no more right than the pauper of the poor-house, to the land which he undoubtedly does own. 1858 W. Arnot Laws from Heaven 2nd Ser. xxix. 237 At that moment the lord of the manor passed by. 1933 Irish Times 27 Dec. 8/3 They were going to shoot at Hawridge Court, near Chesham, where Matthews was Lord of the Manor. 1955 Listener 24 Nov. 903/1 He acted the Lord of the Manor..but most emphatically never lost the common touch. 1973 Morning Herald (Uniontown, Pa.) 19 Apr. 21/3 She's mentally and physically exhausted, and then you come home and play lord of the manor. 1998 Guardian 26 Sept. e15/1 The lord of the manor's right to hold fairs on the land..may conflict with [the interests]..of a would-be buyer. 2008 U. McGovern Lost Crafts (2009) 44 Water mills..were originally in the hands of either the Lord of the Manor or the local monastery. (b) Rhyming slang for a tanner (tanner n.2). Occasionally in the contracted form lord. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > sixpence tester1560 half-shilling1561 teston1577 mill sixpence1592 crinklepouch1593 sixpencea1616 testrila1616 piga1640 sice1660 Simon1699 sow's-baby1699 kick1725 cripple1785 grunter1785 tilbury1796 tizzy1804 tanner1811 bender1836 lord of the manor1839 snid1839 sprat1839 fiddler1846 sixpenny bit or piece1897 zac1898 sprasey1905 1839 H. Brandon Dict. Flash or Cant Lang. in W. A. Miles Poverty, Mendicity & Crime 163/2 Lord of the manor, sixpence. 1882 Sydney Slang Dict. 5/2 Lord of the Manor, sixpence. 1933 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Nov. 782/1 Twenty years ago you might hear a sixpence described as a ‘Lord’ meaning ‘Lord of the Manor’; that is, a tanner. 1972 Lebende Sprachen 17 8/3 Lord of the Manor, tanner (old sixpence). < as lemmas |
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