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Definition of Mansion
1. Noun. (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided.
Category relationships: Astrology, Star Divination
Generic synonyms: Part, Region
Group relationships: Zodiac
Specialized synonyms: Aries, Aries The Ram, Ram, Bull, Taurus, Taurus The Bull, Gemini, Gemini The Twins, Twins, Cancer, Cancer The Crab, Crab, Leo, Leo The Lion, Lion, Virgin, Virgo, Virgo The Virgin, Balance, Libra, Libra The Balance, Libra The Scales, Scorpio, Scorpio The Scorpion, Scorpion, Archer, Sagittarius, Sagittarius The Archer, Capricorn, Capricorn The Goat, Goat, Aquarius, Aquarius The Water Bearer, Water Bearer, Fish, Pisces, Pisces The Fishes
2. Noun. A large and imposing house.
Generic synonyms: House
Specialized synonyms: Manor, Manor House, Castle, Palace, Stately Home
Terms within: Hall, Manor Hall
Definition of Mansion
1. n. A dwelling place, -- whether a part or whole of a house or other shelter.
2. v. i. To dwell; to reside.
Definition of Mansion
1. Noun. A large house or building, usually built for the wealthy. ¹
2. Noun. (U.K.) A luxurious flat (apartment). ¹
3. Noun. (obsolete) A house provided for a clergyman; a manse. ¹
4. Noun. (obsolete) A stopping-place during a journey; a stage. ¹
5. Noun. (historical) An astrological house; a station of the moon. ¹
6. Noun. (context: Chinese astronomy) One of twenty-eight sections of the sky. ¹
7. Noun. (context: 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.) ¹
8. Noun. Any of the branches of the Rastafari movement. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mansion
1. a large, impressive house [n -S]
Medical Definition of Mansion
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1. A dwelling place, whether a part or whole of a house or other shelter. "In my Father's house are many mansions." (John xiv. 2) "These poets near our princes sleep, And in one grave their mansions keep." (Denam)
2. The house of the lord of a manor; a manor house; hence: Any house of considerable size or pretension.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Mansion
Literary usage of Mansion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal by New York Microscopical Society, Chartered Insurance Institute, World Resources Institute, Institute of Transport (London, England) (1902)
"In an old dictionary I find a mansion described as] "the lord's house in a ...
With regard to the meaning of mansion-house, the old authority gives it as a ..."
2. London and Its Environs: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm), Karl Baedeker (1911)
"The mansion House. The Bank of England. The Royal Exchange. ... behind the mansion
House, with its graceful dome supported by Corinthian columns, ..."
3. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great: Called by Thomas Carlyle (1873)
"CHAPTER I. mansion OF REINSBERG. ON the Crown-Prince's Marriage, three years ago,
when the Amt or Government-District Ruppin, with its incomings, ..."
4. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, called Frederick the Great: in ten vol by Thomas Carlyle (1859)
"... the Crown-Prince, to new-build and enlarge the decayed Schloss of Reinsberg
into such a mansion as the young Royal Highness and his Wife would like. ..."
5. History of Friedrich II, of Prussia: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1900)
"... the Crown-Prince, to new-build and enlarge the decayed Schloss of Reinsberg
into such a mansion as the young Royal Highness and his Wife would like. ..."
6. A Handbook of Husband and Wife According to the Law of Scotland by Frederick Parker Walton (1893)
"In that case the husband built a new mansion-house a few yards from the old one.
... It was pleaded (1) that even where there are two mansion-houses the ..."
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