Residence
Residence (r?z"?-dens) , noun
[French résidence. See Resident.]
1.
The act or fact of residing, abiding, or dwelling in a place for some continuance of time; as, the residence of an American in France or Italy for a year.
The confessor had often made considerable residences in Normandy.
2.
The place where one resides; an abode; a dwelling or habitation; esp., a settled or permanent home or domicile.
Near the residence of Posthumus.
Johnson took up his residence in London.
3.
(Eng. Ecclesiastical Law) The residing of an incumbent on his benefice; -- opposed to nonresidence.
4.
The place where anything rests permanently.
But when a king sets himself to bandy against the highest court and residence of all his regal power, he then,... fights against his own majesty and kingship.
5.
Subsidence, as of a sediment. [Obsolete] — Bacon
6.
That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum. [Obsolete] — Jer. Taylor