mansion

5 definitions found

mansion - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mansion \Man"sion\, v. i.
     To dwell; to reside. [Obs.] --Mede.
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  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.]
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              In my Father's house are many mansions. --John xiv.
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              These poets near our princes sleep,
              And in one grave their mansions keep. --Den?am.
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     2. The house of the lord of a manor; a manor house; hence:
        Any house of considerable size or pretension.
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     3. (Astrol.) A twelfth part of the heavens; a house. See 1st
        House, 8. --Chaucer.
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     4. The place in the heavens occupied each day by the moon in
        its monthly revolution. [Obs.]
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              The eight and twenty mansions
              That longen to the moon.              --Chaucer.
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     Mansion house, the house in which one resides;
        specifically, in London and some other cities, the
        official residence of the Lord Mayor. --Blackstone.
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mansion - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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

mansion - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  MANSION. This term is synonymous with house. (q.v.) 1 Chit. Pr. 167; 2 T. 
  R. 502; 1 Tho. Co. Litt. 215, n. 35; 9 B. & C. 681; S. C. 17 E. C. L. R. 
  472, and the cases there cited; Com. Dig. Justices, P 5; 3 Serg. & Rawle, 
  199. A portion only of a building may come under the description of a 
  mansion-house. 1 Leach, 89, 428; 1 East, P. C. C. 15, s. 19. 2 Bouv. Inst. 
  n. 1571, note. 
  
  

mansion - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  30 Moby Thesaurus words for "mansion":
     aspect, astrodiagnosis, astrology, astromancy, castle, chateau,
     court, estate, genethliac astrology, genethliacism, genethliacs,
     genethlialogy, hall, horoscope, horoscopy, house, manor,
     mundane astrology, mundane house, nativity, natural astrology,
     palace, palais, palatial residence, palazzo, planetary house,
     stargazing, tower, villa, zodiac