Image:Carson Mansion Eureka California.jpg|thumb|A Victorian mansion in Eureka, CA.
English

Alternative spellings
mansioun (obsolete)

Etymology
Anglo-Norman, from Latin mansio|mansi� �dwelling, stopping-place�, from the past participle stem of manere|man�re �stay�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�mæn��n/

Noun
en-noun

1. A large house or building.
2. obsolete A house provided for a clergyman; a manse.
3. obsolete A stopping-place during a journey; a stage.
4. historical An astrological house; a station of the moon.

#*Late C14: Which book spak muchel of the operaciouns / Touchynge the eighte and twenty mansiouns / That longen to the moone � Geoffrey Chaucer, �The Franklin's Tale�, Canterbury Tales

Translations
CJKV Characters: �; �
Greek, Ancient: ��έγο� (stegos) n
Persian: ک�شک
Portuguese: solar m
Scottish Gaelic: taigh-mòr m
Turkish: saray
Volapük: kased

See also
manor

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