'Residence' definitions:

Definition of 'residence'

(from WordNet)
noun
Any address at which you dwell more than temporarily; "a person can have several residences" [syn: residence, abode]
noun
The official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president); "he refused to live in the governor's residence"
noun
The act of dwelling in a place [syn: residency, residence, abidance]
noun
A large and imposing house [syn: mansion, mansion house, manse, hall, residence]

Definition of 'Residence'

From: GCIDE
  • Residence \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. [1913 Webster]
  • The confessor had often made considerable residences in Normandy. --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Johnson took up his residence in London. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Eng. Eccl. Law) The residing of an incumbent on his benefice; -- opposed to nonresidence. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. The place where anything rests permanently. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Subsidence, as of a sediment. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Domiciliation; sojourn; stay; abode; home; dwelling; habitation; domicile; mansion. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'residence'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Residence'