From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
mansion
n 1: (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is
divided [syn: sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign,
house, planetary house]
2: a large and imposing house [syn: mansion house, manse,
hall, residence]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Mansion \Man"sion\, v. i.
To dwell; to reside. [Obs.] --Mede.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Mansion \Man"sion\, n. [OF. mansion, F. maison, fr. L. mansio a
staying, remaining, a dwelling, habitation, fr. manere,
mansum, to stay, dwell; akin to Gr. ?. Cf. Manse, Manor,
Menagerie, Menial, Permanent.]
1. A dwelling place, -- whether a part or whole of a house or
other shelter. [Obs.]
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In my Father's house are many mansions. --John xiv.
2.
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These poets near our princes sleep,
And in one grave their mansions keep. --Den?am.
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2. The house of the lord of a manor; a manor house; hence:
Any house of considerable size or pretension.
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3. (Astrol.) A twelfth part of the heavens; a house. See 1st
House, 8. --Chaucer.
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4. The place in the heavens occupied each day by the moon in
its monthly revolution. [Obs.]
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The eight and twenty mansions
That longen to the moon. --Chaucer.
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Mansion house, the house in which one resides;
specifically, in London and some other cities, the
official residence of the Lord Mayor. --Blackstone.
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