Demesne is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for DEMESNE in dictionary:

NOUN:
• a manor house and its untenanted land, also DEMAIN
• a piece of land attached to a manor and retained by the owner for their own use
• the lands of an estate
• a region or domain
• land surrounding a house
• 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.
• extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use
• territory over which rule or control is exercised
• possession of real property in one's own right.

Words related to DEMESNE

demain9 demaine10 demayne13 demeane10 demeanes11 demesnes11

Words that contain DEMESNE

demesnes11

How to use DEMESNE in a sentence

• In contact with Gray Forest upon the northern side, and divided by a common boundary, lay a demesne, in many respects presenting a very striking contrast to its grander neighbor.
• On the most southerly part of Oeland lies a royal demesne, which is called Ottenby.
• The land and a former mansion were part of the Convent demesne, as you probably know.
• The demesne of Knole was purchased in the fifteenth century by Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury, who rebuilt the mansion on it.
• The house and principal part of the demesne, are within the parish of Stamford St.
• She ordered the abbey bell to be sounded, sent messengers throughout the demesne, and directed all the offices to be searched.
• At this rate, in the course of little more than another hour, they arrived in sight of the demesne of Cadurcis, where they pulled up their steeds.
• After the kingdom had passed into the hands of the Christians, the Alhambra continued a royal demesne, and was occasionally inhabited by the Castilian monarchs.
• I have stood, not long ago, upon a beautiful elevation in that demesne, and, on looking around me, I saw nothing but a deserted and gloomy country.
• It was even harder for lords, who farmed their own demesne, to provide themselves with the necessary labour.
• When Guarin was away I sat or lay or moved about a small demesne and still prospered.
• He received the English nobility according to their rank, he promoted them to offices according to their merit, and enriched them by considerable estates from his own demesne.
• He would often have to carry corn to the nearest town for sale, the products of one manor to another, also to haul manure on to the demesne.
• Another tenant held a cottage in the demesne under the obligation of keeping two lamps lighted in the church.
• He had the air of being familiar with hemispheres and worlds, and of entering New York as the lord of a demesne who revisited it in after years of absence.
• Presumably their chief duty was to undertake a share in the cultivation of the demesne land.
• She brought with her a bundle of manuscript and a fountain pen, intending to work into her new novel a description of Ballymoy House and the demesne.
• Among the fine environs of the town the demesne of Caher Park is especially noteworthy.
• The demesne contains the Ilchester Oaks, with which the country people associate a romance.
• The Leenane Hotel stands close to the shore, and the Aasleagh Hotel, high above the Errif, is surrounded by demesne lands.
• The road through Muckross Demesne is in some places dangerous owing to its steep and winding character.
• Passing through the demesne we come to the house itself, a modern and rather unpretentious structure.
• Accordingly, when we had drunk some coffee, which completed my revival, he took me out and showed me round his small demesne.
• This soft-voiced echo answering back out of the inmost heart of the whole demesne gives genuineness of sentiment to the entire scheme.
• He received his guest with boisterous hospitality, and without any regard to his diminished strength, dragged him over his demesne, and shewed him all its beauties.
• I was curious to learn something about Barwyke, which was the name of the demesne and house I was going to.
• Two years subsequently to this event, Dieppe ceased to form a part of the demesne of the Sovereign of the Duchy.
• There had been impromptu Church Parades for each denomination, in the corner of a wood which was part of the demesne of a shell-torn chateau.
• He was discovered by the Earl one day taking a near cut, and crossing a fence in the demesne.
• Thou rulest indeed over many, and I will leave thee a large demesne of lands, for these I received from my father.
• For convenience of access to the goddess he has cut a road twenty feet broad through the woodlands of her demesne.
• A solitary farm-house and demesne were pointed out to me, the locality of which was termed Cad, or Cudhaber, or Cudharber.

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