Both Uses of
manor
in
The Hound of the Baskervilles
- Know then that in the time of the Great Rebellion (the history of which by the learned Lord Clarendon I most earnestly commend to your attention) this Manor of Baskerville was held by Hugo of that name, nor can it be gainsaid that he was a most wild, profane, and godless man.†
Chpt 2 *
- He is learned in old manorial and communal rights, and he applies his knowledge sometimes in favour of the villagers of Fernworthy and sometimes against them, so that he is periodically either carried in triumph down the village street or else burned in effigy, according to his latest exploit.†
Chpt 8
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