residence
See also: résidence
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English residence, from Old French residence, from Medieval Latin residentia, from residēns, present participle of resideō.
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Noun edit
residence (countable and uncountable, plural residences)
- The place where one lives (resides); one's home.
- 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:
- Johnson took up his residence in London.
- A building or portion thereof used as a home, such as a house or an apartment therein.
- The place where a corporation is established.
- The state of living in a particular place or environment.
- 1713, The History of the Common Law of England, Sir Matthew Hale (jurist), Google Books, page 87
- 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
- Accommodation for students at a university or college.
- The place where anything rests permanently.
- 1649, J[ohn] Milton, ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC:
- 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.
- Subsidence, as of a sediment
- 1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
- Separation […] is wrought by Weight; as in the ordinary Residence or Settlement of Liquors.
- That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum.
- 1638, Jeremy Taylor, Sermon on Gunpowder Treason:
- waters of a muddy residence
- (espionage) Synonym of rezidentura
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Translations edit
place where one lives
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building used as a home
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place where a corporation is established
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state of living in a place
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student accommodation
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place where anything rests permanently
subsidence, as of a sediment — see subsidence
that which falls to the bottom of liquor
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espionage — see rezidentura
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “residence”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “residence”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “residence”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Middle French edit
Noun edit
residence f (plural residences)
- residence (place where one resides)
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
residence oblique singular, f (oblique plural residences, nominative singular residence, nominative plural residences)
- residence (place where one resides)