Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Manse \Manse\, n. [LL. mansa, mansus, mansum, a farm, fr. L.
   manere, mansum, to stay, dwell. See {Mansion}, {Manor}.]
   1. A dwelling house, generally with land attached.

   2. The parsonage; a clergyman's house. [Scot.]

   {Capital manse}, the manor house, or lord's court.