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mansionry

mansionry noun: the state of dwelling or residing; occupancy.

Noun

mansionry (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The state of dwelling or residing; occupancy.
    • This Gueſt of Summer, / The Temple-haunting Barlet does approue, / By his loued Manſonry, that the Heauens breath / Smells wooingly here: […]c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
    • Love’s corpse lies quiet therefore, / Only Love’s ghost plays truant, / And warns us have in wholesome awe / Durable mansionry; that’s wherefore / I weave but trellis-work, pursuant / —Life, to law.1876, Robert Browning, “St. Martin’s Summer”, in Pacchiarotto and How He Worked in Distemper: With Other Poems, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC, stanza 10, page 113

Origin of mansionry

From mansion + -ry.

Questions about mansionry

What does mansionry mean?
Mansionry means the state of dwelling or residing; occupancy.
What part of speech is mansionry?
Mansionry is a noun.

Words near mansionry in the dictionary

  1. mansionette
  2. mansionettes
  3. mansionization
  4. mansionless
  5. mansionlike
  6. mansionry
  7. mansions
  8. mansioun
  9. mansiouns
  10. Mansis
  11. Manske

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