01 n. A dwelling place, -- whether a part or whole of a house or other shelter.
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A dwelling place, -- whether a part or whole of a house or other shelter.[Obs.]“In my Father's house are many mansions.” — John xiv. 2.“These poets near our princes sleep, And in one grave their mansions keep.” — Den�am.
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The house of the lord of a manor; a manor house; hence: Any house of considerable size or pretension.
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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.” — Chaucer.
Phrases & compounds
Mansion house —
the house in which one resides; specifically, in London and some other cities, the official residence of the Lord Mayor.