the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
2.
the dwelling of a landholder; mansion.
Origin
1480-90; earlier manss, mans < Medieval Latinmānsus a farm, dwelling, noun use of past participle of Latinmanēre to dwell. See remain
Examples from the web for manse
Romneys cool with illegals so long as they are tending to his manse.
The manse is a gloomy old place with a thunderous bathroom, one of the picture's recurrent gags.
At its height of popularity, you were as likely to see one in a mobile home as you were in a groovy modernist manse.
British Dictionary definitions for manse
manse
/mæns/
noun
1.
(in certain religious denominations) the house provided for a minister
Word Origin
C15: from Medieval Latin mansus dwelling, from the past participle of Latin manēre to stay
Word Origin and History for manse
n.
late 15c., "mansion house," from Medieval Latin mansus "dwelling house; amount of land sufficient for a family," noun use of masculine past participle of Latin manere "to remain" (see mansion).