MANSION

Mansion

A mansion is a large dwelling house. The word itself derives from the Latin word mansio "dwelling", an abstract noun derived from the verb manere "to dwell". The English word "manse" originally defined a property large enough for the parish priest to maintain himself, but a mansion is no longer self-sustaining in this way . 'Manor' comes from the same root—territorial holdings granted to a lord who would remain there—hence it is easy to see how the word 'Mansion' came to have its meaning.

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mansion

Noun

  1. A large house or building, usually built for the wealthy.
  2. A luxurious flat (apartment).
  3. A house provided for a clergyman; a manse.
  4. A stopping-place during a journey; a stage.
  5. An astrological house; a station of the moon.
  6. One of twenty-eight sections of the sky.
  7. An individual habitation or apartment within a large house or group of buildings. (Now chiefly in allusion to John 14:2.)
  8. Any of the branches of the Rastafari movement.


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