manse

[Low Latin mans a a farm, from mans us, pa. par. of maneo =to remain.] 1. A house or dwelling with or without land. 2. The dwelling-house reserved or built for a Presbyterian minister. ( Scotch . ) "To grip for the lucre of foul earthly preferment, sic as gear and manse , money and victual."- Scott : Heart of Mid-Lothian , ch. xliii. * Capital manse: A manor-house, a lord's court. măn ser-vant, s. [Eng. man, and servant.] A male servant.