residence
nouncommon in dialogue
- //ˈɹɛz.ɪ.dəns//
The place where one lives (resides); one's home.
noun
- 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.
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.
Forms
- plural
- residences
residence · The place where one lives (resides); one's home.
residency · The condition of being a resident of a particular place.resident · A person, animal or plant living at a certain location or in…residential · Of or pertaining to a place of personal residence or to a…