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The house or apartment where you live is your place of residence. If you're house proud, it means you keep your residence nice and tidy.

The act of living in a place is also called residence. You might take up residence in an ancient oak tree when the city threatens to cut it down, for example. The official home of a person in a position of power — like a monarch or a president — is also called a residence. The official residence of the British Prime Minister is 10 Downing Street, and the residence of the President of the United States is 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

DEFINITIONS OF: residence

n any address at which you dwell more than temporarily

“a person can have several residences”

Synonyms:: abode

Types:: domicile, legal residence
(law) the residence where you have your permanent home or principal establishment and to where, whenever you are absent, you intend to return; every person is compelled to have one and only one domicile at a time; home, place
where you live at a particular time; home away from home, home from home
a place where you are just as comfortable and content as if you were home

Type of:: address
the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with

n the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president)

“he refused to live in the governor's residence”

Examples:: show 7 examples...; hide 7 examples...; Vatican Palace
the residence of the Catholic Pope in the Vatican City; White House
the government building that serves as the residence and office of the President of the United States; Mount Vernon
the former residence of George Washington in northeastern Virginia overlooking the Potomac river; Alhambra
a fortified Moorish palace built near Granada by Muslim kings in the Middle Ages; Lateran Palace
a palace that served as the residence of the popes until the 14th century; Tuileries Palace
palace and royal residence built for Catherine de Medicis in 1564 and burned down in 1871; all that remains today are the formal gardens; Palace of Versailles
a palace built in the 17th century for Louis XIV southwest of Paris near the city of Versailles

Types:: show 11 types...; hide 11 types...; court
the residence of a sovereign or nobleman; deanery
the official residence of a dean; manse
the residence of a clergyman (especially a Presbyterian clergyman); palace
official residence of an exalted person (as a sovereign); parsonage, rectory, vicarage
an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector; cloister, religious residence
residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery); alcazar
any of various Spanish fortresses or palaces built by the Moors; convent
a religious residence especially for nuns; glebe house
a parsonage (especially one provided for the holder of a benefice); monastery
the residence of a religious community; priory
religious residence in a monastery governed by a prior or a convent governed by a prioress

Type of:: house
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

n a large and imposing house

Synonyms:: hall, manse, mansion, mansion house

Examples:: Buckingham Palace
the London residence of the British sovereign

Types:: manor, manor house
the mansion of a lord or wealthy person; castle, palace
a large and stately mansion; stately home
a mansion that is (or formerly was) occupied by an aristocratic family

Type of:: house
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

n the act of dwelling in a place

Synonyms:: abidance, residency

Types:: lodging
the act of lodging; occupancy, tenancy
an act of being a tenant or occupant; habitation, inhabitancy, inhabitation
the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men)

Type of:: act, deed, human action, human activity
something that people do or cause to happen

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