Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mansion"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Mansion \Man"sion\, v. i.
To dwell; to reside. [Obs.] --Mede.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Mansion \Man"sion\, n. [OF. mansion, F. maison, fr. L. mansio a
staying, remaining, a dwelling, habitation, fr. manere,
mansum, to stay, dwell; akin to Gr. ?. Cf. {Manse}, {Manor},
{Menagerie}, {Menial}, {Permanent}.]
1. A dwelling place, -- whether a part or whole of a house or
other shelter. [Obs.]

In my Father's house are many mansions. --John xiv.
2.

These poets near our princes sleep, And in one grave
their mansions keep. --Den?am.

2. The house of the lord of a manor; a manor house; hence:
Any house of considerable size or pretension.

3. (Astrol.) A twelfth part of the heavens; a house. See 1st
{House}, 8. --Chaucer.

4. The place in the heavens occupied each day by the moon in
its monthly revolution. [Obs.]

The eight and twenty mansions That longen to the
moon. --Chaucer.

{Mansion house}, the house in which one resides;
specifically, in London and some other cities, the
official residence of the Lord Mayor. --Blackstone.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

mansion
n 1: one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided [syn:
{sign of the zodiac}, {sign}, {house}, {planetary house}]
2: a large and imposing house [syn: {mansion house}, {manse}, {hall},
{residence}]


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