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English Dictionary: mansion by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mansion
n
  1. (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
    Synonym(s): sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, mansion, house, planetary house
  2. a large and imposing house
    Synonym(s): mansion, mansion house, manse, hall, residence
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mansion \Man"sion\, n. [OF. mansion, F. maison, fr. L. mansio a
      staying, remaining, a dwelling, habitation, fr. manere,
      mansum, to stay, dwell; akin to Gr. [?]. Cf. {Manse},
      {Manor}, {Menagerie}, {Menial}, {Permanent}.]
      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 mansions keep.                           --Den[?]am.
  
      2. The house of the lord of a manor; a manor house; hence:
            Any house of considerable size or pretension.
  
      3. (Astrol.) A twelfth part of the heavens; a house. See 1st
            {House}, 8. --Chaucer.
  
      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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mansion \Man"sion\, v. i.
      To dwell; to reside. [Obs.] --Mede.
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