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RESIDENCE(law)
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residence(1)(dictionary)
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Residence Louis Hap(tourism)
Residence Trone(tourism)

residence(2) (iou)



residence noun1. LME.
[Old & mod. French residence or medieval Latin residentia, from resident-: see RESIDENT adjective, -ENCE.]
The circumstance or fact of having one's permanent or usual abode in or at a certain place; the fact of residing or being resident. Freq. in have one's residence, take up one's residence below. LME.
G. Swift Longer and longer periods, which eventually merged into a permanent residence.
b. Anthropology. The place in which it is customary for a couple to settle after marriage, according to the prevailing kinship system. M19.
The fact of living or staying regularly at or in a specified place for the performance of official duties or for work; a period of time required for this. Now freq. in in residence below. Also, a residential post held esp. for teaching purposes by an artist, writer, etc., within an institution (freq. as 3rd elem. of comb., as artist-in-residence, writer-in-residence, etc.). LME.
A. C. Grayling He could submit the Tractatus for the..Ph.D. after one further year's residence. I. Murdoch Patrick continued in his position of..poet in residence.
Continuance in some course or action. LME-E17.
The action of remaining in a place for a limited period of time; lingering; procrastination. Esp. in make residence. Chiefly Scot. LME-L16.
a. The place where a person resides; the abode of a person. E16.
M. Forster Taking a lease..while he looked for a more permanent residence.
b. A dwelling, a house, esp. an impressive, official, or superior one; a mansion. E17.
c. A settlement, esp. of traders. Long obsolete exc. Hist. rare. E17.
d. = RESIDENCY 2b. M20.
fig. The seat of power, a particular quality, etc. M16.
The time during which a person resides in or at a place; a period of residing; a stay. L17.
attrib.: Guardian The cancellation of his residence permit.
Phrases: hall of residence: see HALL noun 6b. have one's residence have one's usual dwelling-place or abode. in residence dwelling in or occupying a specific place, esp. for the performance of official duties or work. make residence: see sense 4 above. private residence: see PRIVATE adjective. take up one's residence establish oneself; settle.
Comb.: residence city [translating German Residenzstadt] (chiefly Hist.) a seat of a royal or princely court; residence counsellor US a psychiatric adviser attached to a residential block in a university; residence time (chiefly Science) the (average) length of time during which a substance, a portion of material, an object, etc., is in a given location or condition (esp. of adsorption, suspension, etc.).