Manor Dwellas Music

manor (mnr)

n.

1.

a. A landed estate.

b. The main house on an estate; a mansion.

2. A tract of land in certain North American colonies with hereditary rights granted to the proprietor by royal charter.

3.

a. The district over which a lord had domain and could exercise certain rights and privileges in medieval western Europe.

b. The lord's residence in such a district.

[Middle English, from Old French maneir, manoir, to dwell, manor, from Latin manre, to remain; see men-3 in Indo-European roots.]



dwell-a (dwla)

intr.v. dwelt (dwlt) or dwelled, dwelling, dwells

1. To live as a resident; reside.

2. To exist in a given place or state: dwell in joy.

3.

a. To fasten one's attention: kept dwelling on what went wrong. See Synonyms at brood.

b. To speak or write at length; expatiate: dwelt on the need to trim the budget.