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manor houses

noun

plural of manor house

as in mansions

a large impressive residence entertained everyone at their manor house after the wedding ceremony

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Recent Examples of manor houses All over the world, travelers can use their miles and points to stay in traditional hotels, safari camps, glamping tents, treehouses, manor houses and even on Richard Branson’s Necker Island. — Ramsey Qubein, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 The island is nestled between the two forks of Long Island and is known for its unspoiled beaches and beautiful manor houses. — Kira Turnbull, Travel + Leisure, 6 June 2026 What were manor houses, exactly? — Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026 Morgan and Glazer spent months traveling together through the United States, France, England, Scotland and Ireland, scouting antique fairs and dealers, flea markets, junk shops and old manor houses selling their patrimony. — Mark Lamster architecture Critic, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026 This small exquisite property provides unique rooms in its two manor houses and beautiful cantilevered landscaping. — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026 Beginning around the mid-19th century, middle-class Americans began to idealize the velvety green grass of European manor houses, according to the Smithsonian Institution. — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025

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Noun

From historical Irish mansions to romantic Italian sojourns, these are the best of the best hotels across Europe and the UK.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026
The story says two Irish servants working at the Belle Haven mansions in the late 1800s fell in love.

— Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of mansions

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Under Spanish rule, able-bodied Malay men, from teenagers to adults, were required to perform 40 days of unpaid annual labor on roads, bridges, churches, forts, piers, plantations, haciendas and mines.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
The gringos are coming, and Latour must shore up the diocese, trekking between isolated haciendas and pueblos with his quasi-spousal companion Father Vaillant.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2026

Definition of haciendas

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Family beach villas will comfortably sleep five while the resort goes out of its way to offer activities for parents and kids to bond over.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
Further titles from the Arab world include Concrete Land by Asmahan Bkerat, following an Afro-Palestinian Bedouin family on the outskirts of Amman as luxury villas close in around them.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of villas

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There are also a host of homes and estates available for stays on those spacious grounds (several members of the Hardy family, in fact, also keep homes there).

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
The traditional private wealth model assumes clients have spent years engaging with advisers, building portfolios, planning estates and developing long-term financial strategies.

— Joe Crome, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of estates

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Unlike other pipe organs, these engineering marvels have percussive sound effects for thunderclaps, horse hooves and train whistles, perfect for old movie palaces.

— Cooper Katz McKim, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026
Chanel’s extraordinary trips—access to palaces, private jets, Rolls-Royces and Bentleys, caviar dinners—all pass through the book as mundane elements of the scenery.

— Olivier Bouchara, Vanity Fair, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of palaces

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Since at least the 1970s and 1980s, there have been incidents of gang rape of intoxicated, incapacitated women in fraternity houses.

— Richard Hall, Time, 7 Oct. 2026
Hyatt transformed the resort with six new buildings, including additional guest houses; all 117 rooms have also been overhauled, and there is a new pool as well as tons of new activities and programs.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

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