demesne
- IPA[dɪˈmeɪn]
英式
- a piece of land attached to a manor and retained by the owner for their own use；the lands of an estate
noun: demesne, plural noun: demesnes
- 釋義
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名詞
- 1. a piece of land attached to a manor and retained by the owner for their own use because labour was cheap, there were ample advantages in cultivating the demesne
- ▪ the lands of an estate a levy of one tenth on property in the royal demesne
- ▪ archaic a region or domain she may one day queen it over that fair demesne
- 2. possession of real property in one's own right.
- land recorded in Domesday Book as belonging to the Crown.
Oxford Dictionary
- an area of land owned by the Crown: the king reclaimed Winchelsea as a royal demesne Philip Augustus annexed Auvergne to the royal demesne
Oxford Dictionary
- (of an estate) occupied by the owner, not by tenants
Oxford American Dictionary
- (of an estate) occupied by the owner, not by tenants
Oxford Dictionary
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- IPA[dəˈmān]
美式
- land attached to a manor and retained for the owner's own use: because labor was cheap, there were ample advantages in cultivating the demesne
Oxford American Dictionary
