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Definition of Residency
1. Noun. The act of dwelling in a place.
Generic synonyms: Act, Deed, Human Action, Human Activity
Specialized synonyms: Lodging, Occupancy, Tenancy
Derivative terms: Abide, Reside, Reside, Resident, Residential, Reside, Reside, Resident, Resident
2. Noun. The position of physician who is receiving special training in a hospital (usually after completing an internship).
Definition of Residency
1. n. Residence.
Definition of Residency
1. Noun. (American English) The position or term of a medical resident ¹
2. Noun. The position of a musical artist who commonly performs at a particular venue ¹
3. Noun. The condition of being a resident of a particular place ¹
4. Noun. The home or residence of a person, especially in the colonies ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Residency
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Residency
Literary usage of Residency
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by Sir William Wilson Hunter (1885)
"The palace of the Nizam, the mosques, and the British residency are the ...
The British residency is in this quarter, and communication between it and the ..."
2. History of the Indian Mutiny, 1857-1858: Commencing from the Close of the by George Bruce Malleson (1878)
"Durand rose and walked hastily to the steps of the residency. The scene that met
his gaze left no doubt upon his mind. The crisis, so long and so skilfully ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1831)
"Edinburgh: re-printed by John Stark, 1831. THE author of this volume, Mr. Burnes,
was employed in the year, 1827, 1828, as surgeon to the British residency ..."
4. A Comprehensive History of India, Civil, Military and Social: From the First by Henry Beveridge (1862)
"8, residency. 8, Native Hospital. • 13, Sheep-house. 4, Hospital. ... Position of
its greatest height at the residency, and sunk down rapidly from it to the ..."
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