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demesne
(d/I/'m/eI/n )

noun (n)

  • extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use(noun.possession)
    source: wordnet30
  • territory over which rule or control is exercised(noun.location)
    Synonym:
    domain, land
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(noun)
    source: webster1913
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