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demesne /dɪˈmeɪn, dɪˈmiːn/
▶noun historical
- 1 land attached to a manor and retained by the owner for their own use.
■ archaic a domain.
- 2 Law possession of real property in one's own right.
– origin ME: from OFr. demeine ‘belonging to a lord’, from L. dominicus, from dominus ‘lord, master’.
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