| 单词 | demesne |
| 释义 | demesne (once / 6502 pages) n WORD FAMILY demesne: demesnes USAGE EXAMPLESAfter the ceremony, the parade made its way south through the city centre to the demonstration field at Barnett Demesne. BBC(Jul 12, 2016) Palo Alto and the surrounding demesnes—mostly sunny, rich, and liberal—are not often thought to reflect the plight of the great American middle. The New Yorker(Mar 31, 2016) The peasant moves the boundary stone And steals the lord’s demesne. Laura Amy Schlitz, Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices...(2007) 1n territory over which rule or control is exercised Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper domain, land Numidia an ancient kingdom (later a Roman province) in North Africa in an area corresponding roughly to present-day Algeria Roman Empirean empire established by Augustus in 27 BC and divided in AD 395 into the Western Roman Empire and the eastern or Byzantine Empire; at its peak lands in Europe and Africa and Asia were ruled by ancient Rome Cambriaone of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria Egyptian Empirean ancient empire to the west of Israel; centered on the Nile River and ruled by a Pharaoh; figured in many events described in the Old Testament Persian Empirean empire in southern Asia created by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BC and destroyed by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC Principality of Monacoa constitutional monarchy in a tiny enclave on the French Riviera Russiaa former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital; powerful in the 17th and 18th centuries under Peter the Great and Catherine the Great when Saint Petersburg was the capital; overthrown by revolution in 1917 Muscovya Russian principality in the 13th to 16th centuries; Moscow was the capital Ottoman Empirea Turkish sultanate of southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa and southeastern Europe; created by the Ottoman Turks in the 13th century and lasted until the end of World War I; although initially small it expanded until it superseded the Byzantine Empire archduchy the domain controlled by an archduke or archduchess baronythe domain of a baron duchy, dukedomthe domain controlled by a duke or duchess earldomthe domain controlled by an earl or count or countess emiratethe domain controlled by an emir empire, imperiumthe domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised fiefdomthe domain controlled by a feudal lord grand duchythe domain controlled by a grand duke or grand duchess viscountythe domain controlled by a viscount or viscountess khanatethe realm of a khan kingdom, realmthe domain ruled by a king or queen princedom, principalityterritory ruled by a prince sheikdom, sheikhdomthe domain ruled by a sheik suzeraintythe domain of a suzerain region a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth 2n extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use Syn|Hypo|Hyper acres, estate, land, landed estate freehold an estate held in fee simple or for life glebeplot of land belonging to an English parish church or an ecclesiastical office leaseholdland or property held under a lease smallholdinga piece of land under 50 acres that is sold or let to someone for cultivation homesteadland acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law feoff, fiefa piece of land held under the feudal system baronythe estate of a baron countryseatan estate in the country Crown landland that belongs to the Crown manorthe landed estate of a lord (including the house on it) seigneury, seigniory, signorythe estate of a seigneur haciendaa large estate in Spanish-speaking countries plantationan estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale (especially in tropical areas) entailland received by fee tail orangerya place where oranges are grown; a plantation of orange trees in warm climes or a greenhouse in cooler areas immovable, real estate, real property, realty property consisting of houses and land |
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