Associations to the word «Demesne»

Wiktionary

DEMESNE, noun. A lord’s chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor’s own use.
DEMESNE, noun. A region or area; a domain.

Dictionary definition

DEMESNE, noun. Extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a large estate on Long Island".
DEMESNE, noun. Territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne