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dɪˈmeɪn,
dɪˈmiːn/
n.
historical - land attached to a manor and retained by the owner for their own use.
▸archaic a domain.
- Law possession of real property in one's own right.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. demeine ‘belonging to a lord’, from L. dominicus, from dominus ‘lord, master’.
