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noun

Mansion n.

A dwelling place, whether a part or whole of a house or other shelter. (Obs.) "In my Father's house are many mansions." "These poets near our princes sleep, And in one grave their mansions keep."

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

(Astrol.) A twelfth part of the heavens; a house. See 1st House, 8.

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."

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

verb

Mansion v. i. To dwell; to reside. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Mansion'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Mansion" Quotes from Famous Books

... often heard that boys away from home influences grew rude and coarse oftentimes. Yes, that was undoubtedly it. Shy, too, he was of course; he was of about the age to be that. She could imagine just how he looked—he felt out of place in the grand mansion which he called home, but where he had passed so small a portion of his time. Probably he didn't know what to do with his hands, nor his feet; and just as likely as not he sat on the edge of his chair and ate with his knife—school ...

— Ester Ried • Pansy (aka. Isabella M. Alden)

... lost. Before I was half-way through she was in a carriage and making thirty miles an hour toward the Jones mansion to save what was left of Willie and tell all she knew about the deadly nurse. All of which was unnecessary, as Willie wasn't sick; I had been lying myself. But that same day, all the same, she sent a line to the hospital which filled up the neglected blank, and stated the facts, too, ...

— On the Decay of the Art of Lying • Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

... mansion in the city of Washington is called the White House. It was erected and is maintained by the national government at public expense. Here the President resides with his family, and receives private citizens, members of Congress, officers ...

— Elements of Civil Government • Alexander L. Peterman

... Chia Shih-yin departs from the town of Yang Chou. Leng Tzu-hsing dilates upon the Jung Kuo Mansion. ...

— Hung Lou Meng, Book I • Cao Xueqin

... home, being not far from my good friend's house, and therefore parted with a moiety of all my store; and pray, mother, ought I not to have given her the other half-crown, for what she got would be of little use to her? However, I soon arrived at the mansion of my affectionate friend, guarded by the vigilance of a huge mastiff, who flew at me, and would have torn me to pieces but for the assistance of a woman, whose countenance was not less grim than that of ...

— Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) • Various

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