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{{Short description|Clergy house}}
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{{wiktionary|manse}}
[[Image:The Old Manse (view from Concord River), Concord, Massachusetts.JPG|thumb|[[The Old Manse]], [[Concord, Massachusetts]].]]
A '''manse''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|æ|n|s}}) is a [[clergy house]] inhabited by, or formerly inhabited by, a [[Minister (Christianity)|minister]], usually used in the context of [[Presbyterian]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Guidelines for Manses |publisher=Church of Scotland |url=http://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/3015/manse_guide.pdf |access-date=3 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=manse |publisher=Oxford Dictionary |url=http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/manse |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020014046/http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/manse |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 October 2012 |access-date=3 December 2013}}</ref> [[Methodist]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Guidelines for Manses |publisher=Methodist Church in Britain |url=http://www.methodist.org.uk/static/rm/guidelines_for_manses.pdf |access-date=3 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111729/http://www.methodist.org.uk/static/rm/guidelines_for_manses.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref> [[Baptist]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Manses and Church Houses |publisher=Baptist Union of Great Britain |url=http://www.baptist.org.uk/Groups/220735/Manses_and_Church.aspx |access-date=13 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=North Adelaide Baptist Church – Manse |publisher=Adelaide City Council |url=http://adelaidepedia.com.au/wiki/North_Adelaide_Baptist_Church_-_Manse |access-date=13 September 2016}}</ref> and other Christian traditions.

Ultimately derived from the [[Latin]] ''mansus'', "dwelling", from ''manere'', "to remain", by the 16th century the term meant both a dwelling and, in ecclesiastical contexts, the amount of land needed to support a single family.<ref>[[OED]], "Manse"</ref>

Many notable Scots have been called "sons (or daughters) of the manse", and the term is a recurring point of reference within Scottish media and culture.<ref>{{cite news |date=18 August 2007 |title=To the manse born |work=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]] |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12761025.To_the_manse_born/ |access-date=2 December 2017}}</ref> For example, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom [[Gordon Brown]] was described as a "son of the manse" as he is the son of a Presbyterian minister.<ref>{{cite news |date=8 June 2007 |title=The making of Gordon Brown |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1554039/The-making-of-Gordon-Brown.html |access-date=2 December 2017}}</ref> Other children of the manse include former PM [[Bonar Law|Andrew Bonar Law]]; the athlete, [[Eric Liddell]]; inventor of the TV, [[John Logie Baird]]; actor, [[David Tennant]]; former MSP, [[Wendy Alexander]], and journalist, [[Sheena McDonald]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Son of the Manse |url=https://aboutaberdeen.com/Son-of-the-Manse |access-date=2025-09-26 |website=aboutaberdeen.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-04-07 |title=Did I tell you that I kent Doctor Who’s faither? |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/2175305.tell-kent-doctor-faither/ |access-date=2025-09-26 |website=The Herald |language=en}}</ref>

When selling a former manse, the [[Church of Scotland]] always requires that the property should not be called "The Manse" by the new owners, but "The Old Manse" or some other acceptable variation. The intended result is that "The Manse" refers to a working building rather than simply applying as a name.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}

[[Image:West Manse Sanday.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The West Manse, [[Sanday, Orkney|Sanday]], [[Orkney]], [[Scotland]] (formerly the [[Free Church of Scotland (1843-1900)|Free Kirk]] manse)]]

==See also==
* [[Glebe]]&nbsp;– an area of land within an ecclesiastical parish used to support a parish priest.
* [[List of children of clergy]]

==References==
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{{EB1911 poster|Manse}}
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[[Category:Culture of Scotland]]