Meaning of RESIDENCE
| Pronunciation: | | 'reziduns
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- [n] the act of dwelling in a place
- [n] a large and imposing house
- [n] the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president); "he refused to live in the governor's residence"
- [n] the address where a person lives; "it is his legal place of residence"
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| | Synonyms: | | abidance, abode, hall, manse, mansion, mansion house, residency |
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| | See Also: | | act, address, castle, cloister, court, deanery, home, house, human action, human activity, lodging, manor, manor hall, manor house, Mount Vernon, occupancy, palace, parsonage, place, rectory, religious residence, stately home, tenancy, Vatican, Vatican Palace, vicarage, White House | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Res"i*dence\ (r?z"?-dens), n. [F. r['e]sidence. See
{Resident}.]
1. The act or fact of residing, abiding, or dwelling in a
place for some continuance of time; as, the residence of
an American in France or Italy for a year.
The confessor had often made considerable residences
in Normandy. --Sir M. Hale.
2. The place where one resides; an abode; a dwelling or
habitation; esp., a settled or permanent home or domicile.
``Near the residence of Posthumus.'' --Shak.
Johnson took up his residence in London. --Macaulay.
3. (Eng.Eccl.Law) The residing of an incumbent on his
benefice; -- opposed to nonresidence.
4. The place where anything rests permanently.
But when a king sets himself to bandy against the
highest court and residence of all his regal power,
he then, . . . fights against his own majesty and
kingship. --Milton.
5. Subsidence, as of a sediment. [Obs.] --Bacon.
6. That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also,
refuse; residuum. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
Syn: Domiciliation; sojourn; stay; abode; home; dwelling;
habitation; domicile; mansion.
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