From Medieval Latin mānsus (“dwelling”), from Latin manēre (“to remain”), whence also manor, mansion. Doublet of mas.
Meanings
A house inhabited by the minister of a parish.
He has caught a glint of steel in the manse gateway, but it is only the minister's bicycle still chained to the trunk of a monkeypuzzle tree as a precaution against unchristian covetousness. 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:
(archaic) A family dwelling, an owner-occupied house.
it canonica (house inhabited by the minister of a parish) · it presbiterio (house inhabited by the minister of a parish) · hu parókia (house inhabited by the minister of a parish) · dsb fara (house inhabited by the minister of a parish) · de Pfarrhaus (house inhabited by the minister of a parish) · tr papaz evi (house inhabited by the minister of a parish) · fi pappila (house inhabited by the minister of a parish) · hu paplak (house inhabited by the minister of a parish)