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Mansion

Mansion Meaning & Definition
Mansion Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mansion?

[n] a large and imposing house
[n] (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided

Synonyms | Synonyms for Mansion: hall | house | manse | mansion house | planetary house | residence | sign | sign of the zodiac | star sign

Related Terms | Find terms related to Mansion: aspect | astrodiagnosis | astrology | astromancy | castle | chateau | court | estate | genethliac astrology | genethliacism | genethliacs | genethlialogy | hall | horoscope | horoscopy | house | manor | mundane astrology | mundane house | nativity | natural astrology | palace | palais | palatial residence | palazzo | planetary house | stargazing | tower | villa | zodiac

See Also | Aquarius | Aquarius the Water Bearer | Archer | Aries | Aries the Ram | Balance | Bull | Cancer | Cancer the Crab | Capricon the Goat | Capricorn | castle | Crab | Fish | Gemini | Gemini the Twins | Goat | house | Leo | Leo the Lion | Libra | Libra the Balance | Libra the Scales | Lion | manor | manor hall | manor house | palace | part | Pisces | Pisces the Fishes | Ram | region | Sagittarius | Sagittarius the Archer | Scorpio | Scorpio the Scorpion | Scorpion | stately home | Taurus | Taurus the Bull | Twins | Virgin | Virgo | Virgo the Virgin | Water Bearer | zodiac

Mansion In Webster's Dictionary

\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.
\Man"sion\, v. i. To dwell; to reside. [Obs.] --Mede.

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