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n. (location) | 1. abode, residence | any address at which you dwell more than temporarily.; "a person can have several residences" |
| ~ address | the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with. |
| ~ domicile, legal residence | (law) the residence where you have your permanent home or principal establishment and to where, whenever you are absent, you intend to return; every person is compelled to have one and only one domicile at a time.; "what's his legal residence?" |
| ~ home, place | where you live at a particular time.; "deliver the package to my home"; "he doesn't have a home to go to"; "your place or mine?" |
n. (artifact) | 2. residence | the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president).; "he refused to live in the governor's residence" |
| ~ court | the residence of a sovereign or nobleman.; "the king will visit the duke's court" |
| ~ deanery | the official residence of a dean. |
| ~ house | a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families.; "he has a house on Cape Cod"; "she felt she had to get out of the house" |
| ~ manse | the residence of a clergyman (especially a Presbyterian clergyman). |
| ~ palace | official residence of an exalted person (as a sovereign). |
| ~ parsonage, rectory, vicarage | an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector. |
| ~ cloister, religious residence | residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery). |
| ~ vatican, vatican palace | the residence of the Catholic Pope in the Vatican City. |
| ~ white house | the government building that serves as the residence and office of the President of the United States. |
| ~ mount vernon | the former residence of George Washington in northeastern Virginia overlooking the Potomac river. |
n. (act) | 3. abidance, residence, residency | the act of dwelling in a place. |
| ~ human action, human activity, act, deed | something that people do or cause to happen. |
| ~ lodging | the act of lodging. |
| ~ occupancy, tenancy | an act of being a tenant or occupant. |
n. (artifact) | 4. hall, manse, mansion, mansion house, residence | a large and imposing house. |
| ~ house | a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families.; "he has a house on Cape Cod"; "she felt she had to get out of the house" |
| ~ manor, manor house | the mansion of a lord or wealthy person. |
| ~ manor hall, hall | the large room of a manor or castle. |
| ~ castle, palace | a large and stately mansion. |
| ~ stately home | a mansion that is (or formerly was) occupied by an aristocratic family. |
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