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The greenness of Ireland is a false greenness, after all. Not that it isn't green - the place can still make you have to pull off and swallow one of your heart pills. It's that the greenness doesn't mean what it seems. It doesn't encode a pastoral past, much less a timeless vale where wee folk trip the demesne.
John Jeremiah Sullivan

Meaning of "demesne" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DEMESNE

From Old French demeine.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DEMESNE

demesne  [dɪˈmeɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEMESNE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Demesne is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DEMESNE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

demesne

Demesne

In the feudal system the demesne was all the land, not necessarily all contiguous to the manor house, which was retained by a lord of the manor for his own use and support, under his own management, as distinguished from land sub-enfeoffed by him to others as sub-tenants. The system of manorial land tenure, broadly termed feudalism, was conceived in Western Europe, initially in France but exported to areas affected by Norman expansion during the Middle Ages, for example the Kingdoms of England, Sicily, Jerusalem, and Scotland.

Definition of demesne in the English dictionary

The first definition of demesne in the dictionary is land, esp surrounding a house or manor, retained by the owner for his own use. Other definition of demesne is the possession and use of one's own property or land. Demesne is also the territory ruled by a state or a sovereign; realm; domain.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEMESNE


amain
əˈmeɪn
codomain
ˌkəʊdəʊˈmeɪn
demain
dɪˈmeɪn
demaine
dɪˈmeɪn
demayne
dɪˈmeɪn
demeane
dɪˈmeɪn
domain
dəˈmeɪn
germane
dʒɜːˈmeɪn
humane
hjuːˈmeɪn
inhumane
ˌɪnhjʊˈmeɪn
legerdemain
ˌlɛdʒədəˈmeɪn
lomein
ˈləʊˈmeɪn
main
meɪn
Maine
meɪn
mane
meɪn
Maulmain
maʊlˈmeɪn
Moulmein
maʊlˈmeɪn
multidomain
ˌmʌltɪdəˈmeɪn
remain
rɪˈmeɪn
romaine
rəʊˈmeɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEMESNE

demented
dementedly
dementedness
dementi
dementia
dementia paralytica
dementia praecox
demerara
demerara sugar
demeraran
demerge
demerger
demerit
demeritorious
demeritoriously
demersal
demerse
demersion
Demeter
demeton

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEMESNE

a good one
Aisne
alone
Anne
anyone
bonne
cuisine
define
determine
divine
done
eine
engine
esne
everyone
fine
genuine
mesne
puisne
visne

Synonyms and antonyms of demesne in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «demesne» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEMESNE

Find out the translation of demesne to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of demesne from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «demesne» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

私有化
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

demesne
570 millions of speakers

English

demesne
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कार्यक्षेत्र
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تملك أرض
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вотчины
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

demesne
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

খাস জমি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

domaniale
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Demesne
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Domäne
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

私有地
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

토지의 점유
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Demesne
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lảnh địa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

demesne
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

देश
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

malikâne
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

proprietà terriera
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

demesne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вотчини
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

posesiune
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

demesne
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kroonbesit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

demesne
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

demesne
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of demesne

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEMESNE»

The term «demesne» is normally little used and occupies the 114.986 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEMESNE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «demesne» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «demesne» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about demesne

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QUOTES WITH «DEMESNE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word demesne.
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John Jeremiah Sullivan
The greenness of Ireland is a false greenness, after all. Not that it isn't green - the place can still make you have to pull off and swallow one of your heart pills. It's that the greenness doesn't mean what it seems. It doesn't encode a pastoral past, much less a timeless vale where wee folk trip the demesne.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEMESNE»

Discover the use of demesne in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to demesne and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Hertfordshire Demesne of Westminster Abbey: Profits, ...
As these do not include the social aspects of manorial life, the community in which the demesne was set is only referred to in those rare instances when local events impinged upon the demesne in a fairly dramatic way. For the purpose of this ...
Derek Vincent Stern, Christopher Thornton, 2000
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A New Law Dictionary and Glossary: Containing Full ...
Where a man possesses land merely in his own right, without owing any rent or service to any superior, he is said to be seised thereof absolutely, in dominico suo, in his own demesne. But all the lands in England, being holden mediately or  ...
Alexander Mansfield Burrill, 1850
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The law-dictionary: explaining the rise, progress, and ...
And they may not be impanelled upon any mquest. F. A". B. 14. If tenants in anciejit demesne are returned on juries, they may have a writ de non ponendis in assists, Sec. and attachment against the sheriff. 1 Rep. 105. And if they are disturbed ...
Giles Jacob, Sir Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, 1811
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Viator Medieval and Renaissance Studies
THE PRIVILEGED VILLEINS OF THE ENGLISH ANCIENT DEMESNE by Marjorie Keniston Mcintosh I. ANCIENT DEMESNE AND ITS PROTECTED VILLEINS Historians have long been puzzled by the privileged villeins of the manors of ...
University of California, Los Angeles, 1979
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Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum:
When they had assembled the entire shire as William had ordered, they determined which lands had been held in demesne by the abbey in king Edward's day and then returned them to the demesne no matter who held them. The names of ...
England, David Bates, England. Sovereign (1066-1087 : William I), 1998
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The Open Fields of England
Buckinghamshire: At Woburn the demesne was dispersed in many furlongs in 1222, as was the demesne described in a Kimble terrier of twenty acres in c.1224 . Brill demesne, in 1252, lay dispersed in nine 20-acre pieces plus 63⁄4 acres, with ...
David Hall, 2014
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A new abridgment of the law
Vide 4 Inst. Therefore in all actions real, or where the realty may come in Roll Abr question, ancient demesne is a good plea ; as ajstse, writ of ward 322, 313. of land, writ of account against a bailiff of a manor, writ of account against a guardian, ...
Matthew Bacon, Henry Gwillim, 1798
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The Minority of Henry III
century, that the royal demesne manors formed a corpus of land peculiarly attached to the crown.34 Thus the Great Charter of 1215 exempted the king's ' demesne manors' from the requirement that counties and hundreds should be held at the ...
David Carpenter, 1990
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The Civil Law in Its Natural Order: Together with the Public Law
For in the Lands belongr ing to the Lords of Mannors who have a Jurisdiction within themselves, the said Rights belong to them. lt follows from all that has been said of the Goods and Rights of the Demesne, that it is necessary to distinguish ...
Jean Domat, 1722
10
Production Efficiency in Domesday England, 1086
As an example, for an estate with one demesne ploughteam and two bordars, the average effect of Roger de Ramis being the tenant-in-chief (rather than a tenant- in-chief with less than ten estates) was to reduce the annual value by about five ...
John McDonald, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEMESNE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term demesne is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sligo demesne sells for €760000
... 1 Markree Demense, Co Sligo. The 263ac Markree Demesne near Collooney in Co Sligo sold in two lots last week for a total of €762,000. «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
2
Exalted towers continue to impress
And I'm saddened at how out of place it looks in its own original demesne, invaded now by modern university halls of residence. Indeed, the ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
3
Students' 'selfies' to liven up school site
In September next year the Henry Bloom Noble Primary School will move from the Victorian-era buildings in Tynwald Street and Demesne ... «Isle of Man Today, Jul 15»
4
Discover your stately side with a visit to a country house
The beautifully landscaped Downhill Demesne in Co Londonderry is set on the wild, rugged coast and is one of the best known features of ... «Larne Times, Jul 15»
5
Video: Wilde weekend as Lissan House plays backdrop to …
... be part of the inaugural Oscar Wilde Theatre Season which takes place at the demesne just outside Cookstown on the weekend of July 3-5. «Mid Ulster Mail, Jul 15»
6
Your article: Local links to 'The Great Charter'
... he had hereditary rights to 'the custody of York castle and the forest of Yorkshire, and to the tenure of the manor of Pocklington in demesne'. «Pocklington Post, Jul 15»
7
12 stately homes you have to visit in Northern Ireland
The beautifully landscaped Downhill Demesne in Co Derry is set on the wild, rugged coast and is one of the best known features of Mussenden ... «Belfast Live, Jul 15»
8
Pembrokeshire village residents win common land battle against …
He said: "We buy these old landed estates for the land including demesne agricultural land, pasture land, quarries, common land, waste land ... «South Wales Evening Post, Jul 15»
9
Schools out for summer - and there's so much to do
*Kite Festival Downhill Demesne, Castlerock, Derry~Londonderry, August 2. Families are sure to enjoy an afternoon of high flying fun on this ... «Belfast Newsletter, Jul 15»
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Hot list: This weekend's top Irish events and buy-me-now products
This weekend the Killarney Festival of Music and Food, at Killarney House Demesne, boasts a stellar musical line-up including Duran Duran, ... «Irish Independent, Jun 15»

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