From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
residence
n 1: any address at which you dwell more than temporarily; "a
person can have several residences" [syn: abode]
2: the official house or establishment of an important person
(as a sovereign or president); "he refused to live in the
governor's residence"
3: the act of dwelling in a place [syn: residency,
abidance]
4: a large and imposing house [syn: mansion, mansion house,
manse, hall]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Residence \Res"i*dence\ (r?z"?-dens), n. [F. r['e]sidence. 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.
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The confessor had often made considerable residences
in Normandy. --Sir M. Hale.
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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.
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Johnson took up his residence in London. --Macaulay.
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3. (Eng. Eccl. Law) The residing of an incumbent on his
benefice; -- opposed to nonresidence.
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4. The place where anything rests permanently.
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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.
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5. Subsidence, as of a sediment. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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6. That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also,
refuse; residuum. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
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Syn: Domiciliation; sojourn; stay; abode; home; dwelling;
habitation; domicile; mansion.
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