mansion
noun/ˈmæn.ʃən/ · /ˈmæn.t͡ʃən/
Etymology Inherited from Middle English mansioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman mansion, mansiun, from Latin mānsiō (“dwelling, stopping-place”), from the past participle stem of manēre (“stay”). By surface analysis, manse + -ion.
9 senses
- 1A large luxurious house or building, usually built for…
- 2A luxurious flat (apartment).
- 3An apartment building.
- 4A house provided for a clergyman; a manse.
- 5A stopping-place during a journey; a stage.
- 6An astrological house; a station of the moon.
- 7One of twenty-eight sections of the sky.
- 8An individual habitation or apartment within a large…
- 9Any of the branches of the Rastafari movement.
1
A large luxurious house or building, usually built for the wealthy.
2
UK A luxurious flat (apartment).
3
Hong Kong, Used in names An apartment building.
4
Obsolete A house provided for a clergyman; a manse.
5
Obsolete A stopping-place during a journey; a stage.
- According to that Cabaliſticall Dogma: If Abram had not had this Letter [i.e., ה (he)] added unto his Name he had remained fruitleſſe, and without the power of generation: […] So that being ſterill before, he received the power of generation from that meaſure and manſion in the Archetype; and was made conformable unto Binah.1658, Thomas Browne, “The Garden of Cyrus. […]. Chapter V.”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC, page 192:
6
Historical An astrological house; a station of the moon.
8
In plural An individual habitation or apartment within a large house or group of buildings. (Now chiefly in allusion to John 14:2.)
- In my Father's house are many mansions [translating μοναὶ (monaì)]: if it were not so, I would have told you.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John XIV:2:
- These poets near our princes sleep, / And in one grave their mansion keep.1667, John Denham, On Mr Abraham Cowley, his Death, and Burial amongst the Ancient Poets:
1 more example
- The many mansions in one east London house of God.2003, The Economist, (subtitle), 18 Dec 2003
9
Any of the branches of the Rastafari movement.
- Derived terms
- cinemansion, executive mansion, lunar mansion, mansional, mansioned, mansionette, mansionization, mansionless, mansionlike, mansionry, McMansion, megamansion, minimansion, tract mansion
- Related terms
- maison, maisonette, manor, manse, mansion house, mansion place, mansion stage, menage, menial