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   Mansion , 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.]
   A dwelling place, -- whether a part or whole of a house or other shelter. [Obs.]
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   In my Father's house are many mansions.
   John xiv. 2.
   
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   These poets near our princes sleep,
   And in one grave their mansions keep.
   Denham.
   
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   The house of the lord of a manor; a manor house; hence: Any house of considerable size or pretension.
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   (Astrol.) A twelfth part of the heavens; a house. See 1st House, 8.
   Chaucer.
   
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   The place in the heavens occupied each day by the moon in its monthly revolution. [Obs.]
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   The eight and twenty mansions
   That longen to the moon.
   Chaucer.
   
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   Mansion house, the house in which one resides; specifically, in London and some other cities, the official residence of the Lord Mayor.
   Blackstone.
   
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   Mansion, v. i. To dwell; to reside. [Obs.]
   Mede.
   
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