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Minister's house with only male quarters (5)

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I believe the answer is:

manse

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'minister's house' is the definition.
(house assigned to a religious minister)

'with only male quarters' is the wordplay.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'only male' becomes 'man' (man is a kind of male. I am not sure about the 'only' bit.).
'quarters' becomes 'se' (south and east, two compass quarters).
'man' next to 'se' is 'MANSE'.

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(Other definitions for manse that I've seen before include "Scottish minister's residence" , "church property?" , "Church minister's house" , "Presbyterian minister's house" , "Presbyterian minister's residence" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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