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 ]

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