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entertained everyone at their manor house after the wedding ceremony
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However, the variety of architecture within the famed eastern Long Island towns actually ranges from English Country manor houses and Neoclassical mansions to Colonial Revival estates and sleek contemporary dwellings.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 27 Jan. 2025
Live out your Pride and Prejudice dreams in Derbyshire
Several historic manor houses and estates across Derbyshire and the Peak District served as the sets for both the 1995 BBC television adaptation and the 2005 film adaptation of Austen’s most famous novel, Pride and Prejudice.
—Cat Sposato, AFAR Media, 17 Jan. 2025
The original manor house is French country chic with a spacious kitchen, dining room with a fireplace, a vast living area, charming library with a piano and individually designed bedrooms upstairs.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
The hotel has 78 rooms and suites including 20 in the main manor house.
—Jonathan Samuels, theweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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First Known Use
1575, in the meaning defined above
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“Manor house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manor%20house. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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manor house
noun
: the house of the lord of a manor
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