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NOUN (2)

1. extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use;
- Example: "the family owned a large estate on Long Island"
[syn: estate, land, landed estate, acres, demesne]

2. territory over which rule or control is exercised;
- Example: "his domain extended into Europe"
- Example: "he made it the law of the land"
[syn: domain, demesne, land]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Demesne \De*mesne"\, n. [OE. demeine, demain, rule, demesne, OF.
   demeine, demaine, demeigne, domaine, power, F. domaine
   domain, fr. L. dominium property, right of ownership, fr.
   dominus master, proprietor, owner. See Dame, and cf.
   Demain, Domain, Danger, Dungeon.] (Law)
   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. [Written also demain.] --Wharton's Law Dict.
   Burrill.
   [1913 Webster]

   Ancient demesne. (Eng. Law) See under Ancient.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

demesne
    n 1: extensive landed property (especially in the country)
         retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a
         large estate on Long Island" [syn: estate, land,
         landed estate, acres, demesne]
    2: territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his
       domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the
       land" [syn: domain, demesne, land]