Manor vs Court - What's the difference?
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A landed estate.
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The main house of such an estate or a similar residence; a mansion.
A district over which a feudal lord could exercise certain rights and privileges in medieval western Europe.
The lord's residence and seat of control in such a district.
(rft-sense) (UK, slang) Any home area or territory in which authority is exercised, often in a police or criminal context.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1559330/Terror-raids-on-homes-of-uranium-ex-employee.htmlhttp://www.londonslang.com/db/m/
* 2006 , Eugene McLaughlin, The New Policing , page 23
(London, slang) One's neighbourhood.
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An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different building; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.
* (1809-1892)
* (1800-1859)
# A street with no outlet, a cul-de-sac.
(label) Royal society.
# The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or ether dignitary; a palace.
#* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
# The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.
#* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
#* Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)
# Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign.
#* (1800-1859)
Attention directed to a person in power; conduct or address designed to gain favor; courtliness of manners; civility; compliment; flattery.
* (Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
* (John Evelyn) (1620-1706)
(label) The administration of law.
# The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.
# The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of causes.
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, title= # A tribunal established for the administration of justice.
# The judge or judges; as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.
# The session of a judicial assembly.
# Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.
(label) A place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, squash, badminton, volleyball and some other games; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court.
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, title=Death on the Centre Court, chapter=5
, passage=By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts' and the subsidiary ' courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.}}
To seek to achieve or win.
* Prescott
* De Quincey
To risk (a consequence, usually negative).
To try to win a commitment to marry from.
* Shakespeare
To engage in behavior leading to mating.
To attempt to attract.
* Macaulay
To attempt to gain alliance with.
To engage in activities intended to win someone's affections.
To engage in courtship behavior.
To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract.
* Tennyson
As a noun manor
is a landed estate.As a proper noun court is
(us) an abbreviated term of respect for any court ("the court").manor
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Alternative forms
* manour (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- Dixon, who was finally promoted to sergeant in 1964, policed his 'Dock Green' manor until May 1976 and 'Evening, all' had become a national catchphrase.
Beckham kicks off last minute Olympics campaigning", The Guardian
- Beckham was asked what it would mean for the Olympics to be held in his old neighbourhood.
- "You mean my manor ?" Beckham replied, in fluent East End argot. "I'm obviously from the East End, so it would be incredible for me if it was held there. It could go down as one of the best games in history."
My East End '''manoris now as smart as Notting Hill", ''The Evening Standard
Golden balls: West Ham United's co-owner reveals his cunning plan for the Olympic stadium", The Independent
- And, Gold adds, he can understand that West Ham's famously dedicated supporters, Londoners though they themselves mainly are, may mistrust businessmen "coming into the club and talking about loyalty. But this is my manor . I worked on Stratford Market, where the Olympic Stadium sits now. I remember the bomb falling on West Ham football ground and thinking: my God, they're coming after me. West Ham is my passion."
See also
* feudalism * fiefReferences
Anagrams
* * * * ----court
English
Noun
(en noun)- And round the cool green courts there ran a row / Of cloisters.
- Goldsmith took a garret in a miserable court .
- This our court , infected with their manners, / Shows like a riotous inn.
- My lord, there is a nobleman of the court at door would speak with you.
- Love rules the court , the camp, the grove.
- The princesses held their court within the fortress.
- No solace could her paramour entreat / Her once to show, ne court , nor dalliance.
- I went to make my court to the Duke and Duchess of Newcastle.
Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die?, passage=Next month, Clemons will be brought before a court presided over by a "special master", who will review the case one last time. The hearing will be unprecedented in its remit, but at its core will be a simple issue: should Reggie Clemons live or die?}}
George Goodchild
Derived terms
* contempt of court * court case * court fight * court jester * courtroom * hold court * in court * out-of-courtVerb
(en verb)- He was courting big new accounts that previous salesman had not attempted.
- They might almost seem to have courted the crown of martyrdom.
- Guilt and misery court privacy and solitude.
- He courted controversy with his frank speeches.
- If either of you both love Katharina / Leave shall you have to court her at your pleasure.
- The bird was courting by making an elaborate dance.
- By one person, hovever, Portland was still assiduously courted .
- She's had a few beaus come courting .
- In this season, you can see many animals courting .
- A well-worn pathway courted us / To one green wicket in a privet hedge.