manor-placen.
/ˈmanəpleɪs/, U.S. /ˈmænərˌpleɪs/, Scottish English /ˈmanərˌples/ Chiefly Scottish. Now rare.
= manor house n.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > manor house
hallc1000
boroughc1175
court1297
manorc1300
palacec1300
mansion1375
placea1387
manor-place1392
chemis1408
head-place1463
mansion place1473
manse1490
court-hall1552
manery1563
manor house1575
seat1607
country seat1615
great house1623
mansion house1651
country house1664
manor-seata1667
place-house1675
mansion-seat1697
hall-house1702
big house1753
ha'-house1814
manoir1830
manor hall1840
yashiki1863
seigneury1895
stately home1934
stately2009
1392 in J. Slater Early Scots Texts (Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Edinb.) (1952) No. 25 The firste payment to be made..at the forsayd maner place of Mukdoc.
1426 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 13/2 In þe quhilk landis in auld tymes þare was castellis fortalycis & maner placis.
1443 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 89 My wyll ys that Jonett my wyfe have my chefe maner place.
a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Fox, Wolf, & Husbandman l. 2387 in Poems (1981) 89 Than to ane manure place thay hyit in haist.
1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xxxiv. 175 Tyll that we came unto a manour place, Moted about under a woode syde.
1578 T. Timme tr. J. Calvin Comm. Gen. 241 Moses noteth here Nimrod's manour place.
1606 in C. Innes Liber Sancte Marie de Melros (1837) 658 All and haill the maner place of Melros callit of auld the monasterie of Melros.
1688 G. Dallas Syst. Stiles (1697) 703 Letters for giving up and delivery of the said Castles,..Mannor-places, and other houses pertaining to the said Bishoprick.
1725 in A. Peterkin Notes Orkney & Zetland (1822) I. 213 When the pyrates landed they..marched with their armes towards the manner place.
1791 ‘T. Newte’ Prospects & Observ. Tour 171 It was the mansion, or manor-place of the Barony of Philorth.
1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. v. 103 This, with the old feud of the coach-horses, and the seizure of his manor-place..would rush upon his mind.
1875 W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 90 The tower, fortalice, manor-place, yards, and orchards of Chappell.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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