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Webster 1913 Edition
Residence
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 yearThe 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Residence
RES'IDENCE
,Noun.
1.
The act of 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.
2.
The place of abode; a dwelling; a habitation.Caprea had been - the residence of Tiberius for several years.
3.
That which falls to the bottom of liquors. Obs.4.
In the canon and common law, the abode of a person or incumbent on his benefice; opposed to non-residence.Definition 2024
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English
Noun
residence (plural residences)
- The place where one lives; one's home.
- Macaulay
- Johnson took up his residence in London.
- Macaulay
- A building used as a home.
- The place where a corporation is established.
- The state of living in a particular place or environment.
- Sir M. Hale
- The confessor had often made considerable residences in Normandy.
- Sir M. Hale
- Accommodation for students at a university or college.
- The place where anything rests permanently.
- Milton
- 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
- subsidence, as of a sediment
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
- That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Jeremy Taylor to this entry?)
Related terms
Translations
place where one lives
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place where a corporation is established
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building used as a home
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student accommodation
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Old French
Alternative forms
- residance
- residense
Noun
residence f (oblique plural residences, nominative singular residence, nominative plural residences)
- residence (place where one resides)