residence.
The place where one lives (resides); one's home.
Meaning & usage
The place where one lives (resides); one's home.
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.
Accommodation for students at a university or college.
The place where anything rests permanently.
Subsidence, as of a sediment
That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum.
Synonym of rezidentura.
Where this word comes from
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.
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