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Word of the Day demesne\dih-MAYN\ DEFINITION noun 1 : legal possession of land as one’s own 2 a : the land attached to a mansion b : landed property : estate c : region, territory 3 : realm, domain EXAMPLES Lewis and Clark were commissioned to explore the vast demesne of forests and plains that the United States acquired in the Louisiana Purchase. Just as no monarch can ever quite control her entire demesne, no sister can ever quite neutralize the mischief of younger brothers. — Sebastian Smee, Boston Globe, February 4, 2014
Posted on: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 12:53:57 +0000

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