demean / demesne [diˈmi:n]
demean – v. tr. – 1. manage, carry on, to conduct or behave oneself; 2. to lower in status, condition, reputation or character; degrade, debase
demesne – n. – 1. legal possession of land as one’s own; 2. an estate or land; 3. land attached to a mansion or country house; 4. realm, province, or range