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residence

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res·i·dence  (rz-dns, -dns)
n.
1. The place in which one lives; a dwelling.
2. The act or a period of residing in a place.
3. A medical residency.
4. The official home or location of a corporation.
Idiom:
in residence
Committed to live and work in a specific place, often for a certain length of time: an artist in residence at a college.

residence
Noun
1. a person's home or house
2. a large imposing house
3. the fact of residing in a place
4. a period of residing in a place
5. in residence
a. living in a particular place: the Monarch was not in residence
b. (of an artist) working for a set period at a college, gallery, etc.: composer in residence
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.residenceresidence - 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?"
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)
3.residenceresidence - 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
4.residenceresidence - 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

residence
Translations
Spanish residence [ˈrɛzɪdəns] nresidencia;
(formal) (= home); domicilio (= length of stay); permanencia;
in residence [doctor] → residente;
to take up residence → instalarse

French residence [ˈrɛzɪdəns] nrésidence f;
to take up residence → s'installer;
in residence [queen etc] → en résidence; [doctor] → résidant(e)

German residence [ˈrɛzɪdəns] reside n (form) (home) → Wohnsitz m;
(length of stay) → Aufenthalt m;
to take up residence reside → sich niederlassen;
in residence reside (queen etc) → anwesend;
writer/artist in residence → Schriftsteller/Künstler, der in einer Ausbildungsstätte bei freier Unterkunft lehrt und arbeitet

Italian residence [ˈrɛzɪdəns] nresidenza;
to take up residence → prendere residenza;
in residence [queen etc] → in sede; [doctor] → fisso

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In one State, residence for a short term confirms all the rights of citizenship: in another, qualifications of greater importance are required.
Supposing that the Swan's splendid white color arose from his washing in the water in which he swam, the Raven left the altars in the neighborhood where he picked up his living, and took up residence in the lakes and pools.
Pontellier learned of his wife's intention to abandon her home and take up her residence elsewhere, he immediately wrote her a letter of unqualified disapproval and remonstrance.
 
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