Manor: alternatives and connections

The portion of land assigned by a sovereign prince for the subsistence of his younger sons.

That which belongs to something else; an adjunct; an appendage; an accessory; something annexed to another thing more worthy; in commo…

An Anglo-Saxon prince or nobleman; esp., the heir apparent or a prince of the royal family.

A title or degree of nobility; originally, the possessor of a fief, who had feudal tenants under him; in modern times, in France and G…

Either land held by a bordar, or the land which a lord kept for the maintenance of his board, or table.

a medieval form of land tenure in England; a copyhold was a parcel of land granted to a peasant by the lord of the manor in return for…

(with ‘in’) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child; "my fate is in your hand…

The fitful naps taken when all hands are kept up by stress.

Relating to, or given by, our Lord; as, the dominical (or Lord's) prayer.

To give warning to; -- said of a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached, the warning being to the effect that he sh…

Fidelity to one's lord; the feudal obligation by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord; the special oath by…

A stipendiary estate in land, held of superior, by service; the right which a vassal or tenant had to the lands or other immovable thi…

To keep the hands and fingers actively moving as a fiddler does; to move the hands and fingers restlessy or in busy idleness; to trifl…

Land held in villenage, being distributed among the folk, or people, at the pleasure of the lord of the manor, and resumed at his disc…

A man of elevated rank or station; a nobleman. In Spain, a nobleman of the first rank, who may be covered in the king's presence.

Land; estate; possession; field; esp. (pl.), the gardens, lawns, fields, etc., belonging to a homestead; as, the grounds of the estate…

A touching, controlling, managing, using, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands. See Handle, v. t.

Formerly, a payment or tribute of arms or military accouterments, or the best beast, or chattel, due to the lord on the death of a ten…