residence
noun
- self-contained unit of accommodation (house, apartment, mobile home, houseboat or other structure) used as a home
- to live for an extended period
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛz.ɪ.dəns/
noun
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English residence, from Old French residence, from Medieval Latin residentia, from residēns, present participle of resideō, equivalent to reside + -ence. Doublet of residencia.
- The place where one lives (resides); one's home.
“Johnson took up his residence in London.”
- A building or portion thereof used as a home, such as a house or an apartment therein.
- The place where a corporation is established.
- The state of living in a particular place or environment.
“The confessor had often made considerable residences in Normandy.”
- Accommodation for students at a university or college.
- 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.”
- Subsidence, as of a sediment
“Separation[…]is wrought by Weight; as in the ordinary Residence or Settlement of Liquors.”
- That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum.
“waters of a muddy residence”
- Synonym of rezidentura.