different between manse vs marse

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæns/
• Rhymes: -æns

Etymology 1

From Middle English mansien, apheretic variant of amansien, from Old English ?m?nsumian (“to excommunicate”). More at amanse.

Verb

manse (third-person singular simple present manses, present participle mansing, simple past and past participle mansed)

1. (transitive) To excommunicate; curse.

Etymology 2

From Medieval Latin mansus (“dwelling”), from Latin manere (“to remain”), whence also manor, mansion. Doublet of mas.

Noun

manse (plural manses)

1. A house inhabited by the minister of a parish.

   Coordinate terms: vicarage, rectory, parsonage
2. (archaic) A family dwelling, an owner-occupied house.
3. A large house, a mansion.

Quotations

• circa 1890: George Otto Trevelyan, Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay

  All favourable hereditary influences, both intellectual and moral, are assured by a genealogy which derives from a Scotch Manse.

Related terms

• manor
• mansion
• child of the manse
• son of the manse
• daughter of the manse

Translations

Anagrams

• Means, Mensa, Seman, amens, manes, means, mensa, mesna, names, namés, neams, ñames

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -anse
• Hyphenation: màn?se

Adjective

manse

1. feminine plural of manso

Latin

Participle

m?nse

1. vocative masculine singular of m?nsus

English

Alternative forms

• Marse

Etymology

From master

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??(?)s/

Noun

marse (plural marses)

1. (obsolete, dialectal, US, Caribbean) Alternative form of master, often used as a general title of respect.
   • ante 1887, Innes Randolph, "Good Ol' Rebel Soldier":

     I followed old Marse Robert for four year near about / Got wounded in three place and starved at Point Lookout

Anagrams

• MASER, Mares, mares, maser, mears, rames, reams, smear