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residence

noun

  1. self-contained unit of accommodation (house, apartment, mobile home, houseboat or other structure) used as a home
  2. to live for an extended period
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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.

  1. The place where one lives (resides); one's home.

    Johnson took up his residence in London.

  2. A building or portion thereof used as a home, such as a house or an apartment therein.
  3. The place where a corporation is established.
  4. The state of living in a particular place or environment.

    The confessor had often made considerable residences in Normandy.

  5. Accommodation for students at a university or college.
  6. 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.

  7. Subsidence, as of a sediment

    Separation[…]is wrought by Weight; as in the ordinary Residence or Settlement of Liquors.

  8. That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum.

    waters of a muddy residence

  9. Synonym of rezidentura.