residence
noun/ˈɹɛz.ɪ.dəns/
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.
9 senses
- 1The place where one lives (resides); one's home.
- 2A building or portion thereof used as a home, such as a…
- 3The place where a corporation is established.
- 4The state of living in a particular place or environment.
- 5Accommodation for students at a university or college.
- 6The place where anything rests permanently.
- 7Subsidence, as of a sediment
- 8That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment…
- 9Synonym of rezidentura.
1
The place where one lives (resides); one's home.
- Johnson took up his residence in London.1856 December, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Samuel Johnson”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, →OCLC:
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.1713, The History of the Common Law of England, Sir Matthew Hale (jurist), Google Books, page 87
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.1649, J[ohn] Milton, ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC:
7
Subsidence, as of a sediment
- Separation[…]is wrought by Weight; as in the ordinary Residence or Settlement of Liquors.1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
8
That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum.
- waters of a muddy residence1638, Jeremy Taylor, Sermon on Gunpowder Treason:
9
Espionage, Government, Military, Politics, War Synonym of rezidentura.
- Derived terms
- coresidence, hall of residence, nonresidence, place of residence, primary residence, residence hall, residence permit, residence time, take up residence