mansion

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In the Mutiny days the mansion was the British general's headquarters.

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  1. noun A large stately house.
  2. noun A manor house.
  3. noun Archaic A dwelling; an abode.

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  • I thanked them, rinsed my cup in the sink, and set out to find Angela's office The lower story of the mansion was also impressive in its way— much as the stage set for a B-grade horror movie would be. —  Muller, Marcia - [McCone 08] Eye of the Storm UC FR.htm
  • The front door of the mansion was actually two, reached by a wide set of stairs that spilled to either side in graceful arcs around a carefully tended grouping of flowers arranged by hue and height. —  A Taint in the Blood
  • This mansion was the country retreat of Mr. Verplanck ever since I knew him, and here it was that his grandfather on the paternal side, Samuel Verplanck, passed much of his time during our revolutionary war, in which, although he took no share in political measures, his inclinations were on the side of the mother country. —  A Discourse on the Life, Character and Writings of Gulian Crommelin Verplanck
  • The slow tick-tock of a wooden clock in another part of the mansion was a sound like the bony footsteps of death. —  003 - Quest of the Spider
  • At the rear of the mansion was a wild, uncultivated plot of ground, in the midst of which arose a black rock. —  Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
 

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  1. Middle English, a dwelling, from Old French, from Latin mānsiō, mānsiōn-, from mānsus, past participle of manēre, to dwell, remain; see men-3 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English mansion (in astrology), from Old French mansion = Spanish mansion = Portuguese mansão = Italian mansione, from Latin mansio(n-), a staying, remaining, abiding, also an abode, dwelling, from manere, past participle mansus, stay, remain, dwell: see remain. Cf. manor, manse, mease, measondue.
  2. from mansion, n.
 

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/ˈmænʃən/
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