Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - manor

 noun  Etymology: Middle English maner, from Old French manoir, from manoir to sojourn, dwell, from Latin manere — more at mansion  Date: 14th century  1.  a. the house or hall of an estate ; mansion  b. a landed estate  2.  a. a unit of English rural territorial organization; especially such a unit in the Middle Ages consisting of an estate under a lord enjoying a variety of rights over land and tenants including the right to hold court  b. a tract of land in North America occupied by tenants who pay a fixed rent in money or kind to the proprietor  • ~ial adjective  • ~ialism noun