RESIDENCE

residency, residence, abidance

(noun) the act of dwelling in a place

mansion, mansion house, manse, hall, residence

(noun) a large and imposing house

residence

(noun) the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president); “he refused to live in the governor’s residence”

residence, abode

(noun) any address at which you dwell more than temporarily; “a person can have several residences”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

residence (countable and uncountable, plural residences)

The place where one lives; one's home.

A building used as a home.

The place where a corporation is established.

The state of living in a particular place or environment.

Accommodation for students at a university or college.

The place where anything rests permanently.

subsidence, as of a sediment

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

(espionage) synonym of rezidentura

Source: Wiktionary

Res"i*dence (rz"-dens), n. Etym: [F. résidence. 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)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition