Residence

Pronunciation

Origin

From Medieval Latin residentia, from Latin resident- stem of residentis, from resideo.

Full definition of residence

Noun

1. The place where one lives.
• MacaulayJohnson took up his residence in London.
2. A building used as a home.
3. The place where a corporation is established.
4. The state of living in a particular place or environment.
• Sir M. HaleThe confessor had often made considerable residences in Normandy.
5. The place where anything rests permanently.
• MiltonBut 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.
6. subsidence, as of a sediment
7. That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum.

Related terms

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• residential