All 3 Uses of
manor
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- The creeping plants about the old manor-house were bowed with rows of heavy water drops, which had upon objects behind them the effect of minute lenses of high magnifying power.†
Chpt 34-36
- A manor-house clock from the far depths of shadow struck the hour, one, in a small, attenuated tone.†
Chpt 40-42 *
- By the time that Gabriel reached the old manor-house, her residence, which lay in his way to the church, it was quite dark.†
Chpt 40-42
Definition:
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(manor) a large house of a wealthy person
or historically:
the main house of a lord and the land around it that was worked by tenant farmers