Mansion
Mansion , noun
[Old French mansion, French maison, from Latin mansio a staying, remaining, a dwelling, habitation, from manere, mansum, to stay, dwell; akin to Greek {not transcribed}. Compare Manse, Manor, Menagerie, Menial, Permanent.]
1.
A dwelling place, -- whether a part or whole of a house or other shelter. [Obsolete]
In my Father's house are many mansions.
These poets near our princes sleep,
And in one grave their mansions keep.
2.
The house of the lord of a manor; a manor house; hence: Any house of considerable size or pretension.
3.
4.
The place in the heavens occupied each day by the moon in its monthly revolution. [Obsolete]
The eight and twenty mansions
That longen to the moon.
Collocations (1)
Mansion house , the house in which one resides; specifically, in London and some other cities, the official residence of the Lord Mayor. — Blackstone
Mansion , intransitive verb
To dwell; to reside. [Obsolete] — Mede