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Webster 1913 Edition
Mansion
Man′sion
,Noun.
1.
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
And in one grave their
mansions
keep. Den[GREEK]am.
2.
The house of the lord of a manor; a manor house; hence: Any house of considerable size or pretension.
4.
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.
Mansion house
, the house in which one resides; specifically, in London and some other cities, the official residence of the Lord Mayor.
Blackstone.
Man′sion
,Verb.
I.
To dwell; to reside.
[Obs.]
Mede.
Webster 1828 Edition
Mansion
MAN'SION
,Noun.
1.
Any place of residence; a house; a habitation. Thy mansion wants thee, Adam, rise.
In my Father's house are many mansions. John 14.
2.
The house of the lord of a manor.3.
Residence; above. These poets near our princes sleep,
And in one grave their mansions keep.
MAN'SION
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
mansion
mansion
See also: mansión
English
A Victorian mansion in Eureka, CA.
Alternative forms
- mansioun (obsolete)
Noun
mansion (plural mansions)
- A large house or building, usually built for the wealthy.
- (Britain) A luxurious flat (apartment).
- (obsolete) A house provided for a clergyman; a manse.
- (obsolete) A stopping-place during a journey; a stage.
- (historical) An astrological house; a station of the moon.
- Late 14th century: Which book spak muchel of the operaciouns / Touchynge the eighte and twenty mansiouns / That longen to the moone — Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Franklin's Tale’, Canterbury Tales
- (Chinese astronomy) One of twenty-eight sections of the sky.
- (chiefly in the plural) An individual habitation or apartment within a large house or group of buildings. (Now chiefly in allusion to John 14:2.)
- 1611, Bible, Authorized (King James) Version, John XIV.2:
- In my Father's house are many mansions [transl. μοναὶ (monaì)]: if it were not so, I would have told you.
- Denham
- These poets near our princes sleep, / And in one grave their mansions keep.
- 2003, The Economist, (subtitle), 18 Dec 2003:
- The many mansions in one east London house of God.
- 1611, Bible, Authorized (King James) Version, John XIV.2:
- Any of the branches of the Rastafari movement.
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Translations
large house or building
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Descendants
- Japanese: マンション (manshon) (borrowed)