Noun
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.
Source: Webster's dictionarythe family owned a large estate on Long Island Source: Internet
his domain extended into Europe Source: Internet
he made it the law of the land Source: Internet
The proportion of unfree and free tenures could likewise vary greatly, with more or less reliance on wage labour for agricultural work on the demesne. Source: Internet
Seventeen of the thirty-nine municipalities of the royal demesne answered the call for militia : * Arras sent 1,000 men. Source: Internet
This situation sometimes led to replacement by cash payments or their equivalents in kind of the demesne labour obligations of those peasants living furthest from the lord's estate. Source: Internet