Demesne

Quick meaning: Demesne is a noun meaning A region or area; a domain.

Meaning

A region or area; a domain.

More Meanings

1. A lord's chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor's own use.

Example Sentences

Oft of one wide expanse had I been told / That deep-brow'd Homer ruled as his demesne; […]

This area to the west of the city had been a priory demesne in the sixteenth century, but in the frantic landgrab that followed the Restoration of the 1660s, […]

And whanne he sawe that he lete charce her oute of this land and bytoke hit me and alle this land in my demenys And when he saw that, he let chase her out of this land, and betook it me, and all this land in my demesnes.

Lines 993–995: […] One minute before his death, as we were crossing from his demesne to mine and had begun working up between the junipers and ornamental shrubs, a Red Admirable (see note to line 270) came dizzily whirling around us like a colored flame.

Word Forms

• demesnes
• demaine
• demayne
• demeane

Synonyms for demesne

Depending on context, synonyms include domain, land, estate, acres.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include estate, domain, land, acres, manor, contenement.

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