English > demesne: 2 senses > noun 1, possession| Meaning | extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use. |
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| Synonyms | estate, land, landed estate, acres |
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| Narrower | Crown land | Land that belongs to the Crown |
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| barony | The estate of a baron / baron |
| countryseat | An estate in the country |
| entail | Land received by fee tail |
| fief, feoff | A piece of land held under the feudal system |
| freehold | An estate held in fee simple or for life |
| glebe | Plot of land belonging to an English parish church or an ecclesiastical office |
| hacienda | A large estate in Spanish-speaking countries |
| homestead | Land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law |
| leasehold | Land or property held under a lease |
| manor | The landed estate of a lord (including the house on it) |
| plantation | An estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale (especially in tropical areas) |
| seigneury, seigniory, signory | The estate of a seigneur |
| smallholding | A piece of land under 50 acres that is sold or let to someone for cultivation |
| Broader | real property, real estate, realty, immovable | Property consisting of houses and land |
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| Spanish | dominio, finca, hacienda, terreno, tierra |
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| Catalan | acres, béns, finca, hisenda, terra, terreny |
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