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mansion |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mansion \Man"sion\, v. i. To dwell; to reside. [Obs.] --Mede. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.] In my Father's house are many mansions. --John xiv. 2. These poets near our princes sleep, And in one grave their mansions keep --Den?am. 2. The house of the lord of a manor; a manor house; hence: Any house of considerable size or pretension. 3. (Astrol.) A twelfth part of the heavens; a house. See 1st {House}, 8. --Chaucer. 4. The place in the heavens occupied each day by the moon in its monthly revolution. [Obs.] The eight and twenty mansions That longen to the moon. --Chaucer. {Mansion house}, the house in which one resides; specifically, in London and some other cities, the official residence of the Lord Mayor. --Blackstone. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: mansion n 1: one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided [syn: {sign of the zodiac}, {sign}, {house}, {planetary house}] 2: a large and imposing house [syn: {mansion house}, {manse}, {hall}, {residence}]
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