A Manor

In England (particularly) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.

A manor was the district over which a lord had domain and could exercise certain rights and privileges in medieval England (tax collecting being the main one). A typical manor would include a Manor House which was built apart from the village where the peasants lived.

Origin:

1250–1300; Middle English; maner.
Old French: manoir, noun use of manoir to remain, dwell.
Latin: manēre to remain.

Other definitions:

• Any similar territorial unit in medieval Europe, as a feudal estate.
• The mansion of a lord with the land belonging to it.
• The main house or mansion on an estate, plantation, etc.