Mosses From An Old Manse and other stories by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
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Manse(chiefly Scots): House of a minister of religion.Margins(chiefly Scots): Dressed stones at the edges of an opening. Also called rybats.
The English word "manse" originally defined a property large enough for the parish priest to maintain himself, but a mansion is no longer self-sustaining in this way (compare a Roman or medieval villa).
Quickly became favoured design for manses farm houses etc. A Laird's loft was a gallery reserved for the laird and his family in a church, ...
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