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mansion (iou) and chemurgy (iou)


mansion (iou)



mansion noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French from Latin mansio(n-) stay, station, abiding-place, quarters (whence French maison house), from mans- pa. ppl stem of manere remain, stay. In sense 6 rendering medieval Latin mansus, -sa: cf. MANSE.]
The action of remaining, living, or staying in a place. Also, continuance in a position or state. ME-E18.
H. Sydenham Sitting presupposes stabilitie and mansion.
A place in which to live or lodge, a place of abode; in pl. formerly spec., in a larger house or delimited area. arch. ME.
Bible (Tyndale): John 14:2 In my fathers housse are many mansions. S. Johnson Oxford, the mansion of the liberal arts.
A structure or building serving as a place in which to live or lodge. Now only spec. a manor-house, a large and stately residence. ME.
W. van T. Clark He'd built a white wooden mansion..like a Southern plantation Home. Sunday Express Plas Mawr..is a fascinating Elizabethan mansion.
b. In pl. (treated as sing.). A large building divided into flats. Chiefly in proper names. L19.
A stopping-place in a journey; the distance between two stopping-places; a stage. LME-M18.
Astrology. = HOUSE noun1 9b. Also, each of the twenty-eight divisions of the ecliptic, occupied by the moon on successive days. LME.
Hist. A hide of land. LME.
Phrases: have one's mansion, keep one's mansion, take one's mansion have one's dwelling-place, reside.
Comb.: mansion-house (a) gen. a dwelling-house; (b) an official residence; formerly esp. that belonging to the benefice of an ecclesiastic; now spec. (the Mansion House) the official residence of the Lord Mayor of London; (c) the house of the lord of a manor, the chief residence of a landed proprietor; (now US) a large house of good appearance; mansion-seat (a) a place of abode; (b) the chief residence of a landed proprietor.
mansionry noun (rare) mansions collectively E17.

chemurgy (iou)



chemurgy noun. US. M20.
[from CHEMO- after metallurgy.]
The chemical and industrial use of agricultural products.
che'murgic,
che'murgical adjectives M20.