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
Le Coual is a 16th-century stone manor house in southwestern France that has been in her family for over 50 years.
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Jessica Booth, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Eyes Wide Shut, with Hedda and her new husband throwing a bacchanal of a party in a manor house.
—Ben Jureidini, Them., 22 Aug. 2025
Vance and his family—including his wife, Usha, 39, and children, Ewan, 8, Vivek, 5, and Mirabel, 3—pitched up this week at a manor house in the Cotswolds with a full entourage.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
Indeed, drive down it, and the first notable sight is a grand old manor house — Salisbury Hall, built in the 16th century and once home to Winston Churchill’s mother — that usually oversees some kind of agricultural outpost.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025
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Jessica Booth, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Eyes Wide Shut, with Hedda and her new husband throwing a bacchanal of a party in a manor house.
—Ben Jureidini, Them., 22 Aug. 2025
Vance and his family—including his wife, Usha, 39, and children, Ewan, 8, Vivek, 5, and Mirabel, 3—pitched up this week at a manor house in the Cotswolds with a full entourage.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
Indeed, drive down it, and the first notable sight is a grand old manor house — Salisbury Hall, built in the 16th century and once home to Winston Churchill’s mother — that usually oversees some kind of agricultural outpost.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manor house
Noun
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The Republican president had said in July when the project was announced that the ballroom would not interfere with the mansion itself.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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Per a source close to Iza, to increase attendance, Chapell had invited patrons from a nearby bar, who had arrived drunk and trashed the bar area of the mansion, urinating and defecating on the marble floors.—
Jesse Hyde,
Rolling Stone,
21 Oct. 2025
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This former assistant will now be the lord of the manor, the guy with millions in the bank, the owner of the dope-watch collection.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
17 Oct. 2025
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Ravenswood returns as the Phantom of the manor and kills the groom-to-be.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
13 Oct. 2025
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In June, it was announced that the festival’s colorful founder, Jean-Pierre Blanc, would step down amid a saga that unspooled with as many twists and turns as the switchback road leading up to the villa.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
20 Oct. 2025
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Back were the villas and the apartments, the chauffeurs and the mistresses swaddled in foreign luxury.—
Julia Ioffe,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
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Guests can stay in one of 12 luxe tree houses suspended above the Earth for an elevating experience, or in one of the 10 family-friendly haciendas.—
Lisa Greissinger,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Oct. 2025
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The hacienda-style home is swathed in vines and surrounded by immaculate landscaping with native plants and blooming, vibrant flowers.—
Emma Reynolds,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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Some children were at the Miami protest with their parents, including four-year-old Ellie MacLaren, who was sitting on the grass near the Torch of Friendship flipping through a picture book of dragons and castles and placing dragon stickers on the pages.—
Claire Heddles,
Miami Herald,
18 Oct. 2025
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The castle sits atop a dramatic rocky promontory and makes for a spooky side trip for those visiting Bucharest (about a three-hour drive south).—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
18 Oct. 2025
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For Dhar, the ability for people with estates to opt out isn’t good enough in most cases.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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The complaints focus on the investigation into Russian election interference in 2016 and the classified documents case that involved an FBI raid at his Mar-a-Lago estate, per the Times.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Where to stay More than 225-year-old palace Samode Haveli doesn’t shy away from color.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
22 Oct. 2025
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So, the King wanting them out of palace grounds makes sense, as that could solve two problems.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
20 Oct. 2025
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According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition, a nonprofit devoted to ending the country's affordable housing crisis, Cincinnati is short nearly 54,000 units of housing that is affordable and available.—
Grace Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
21 Oct. 2025
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Max Braswell, executive vice president of the Arkansas Forestry Association, said the forestry industry has come under significant economic pressure due to tariffs, high interest rates and a cooling housing market.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Manor house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manor%20house. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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