Mansion /(?)/

Man·sion

Mansion

n.
  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.
    — Denam.
  2. The house of the lord of a manor; a manor house; hence: Any house of considerable size or pretension.
  3. A twelfth part of the heavens; a house. See 1st House, 8. (Astrol.)
  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.

Phrases & Compounds
Mansion house
the house in which one resides; specifically, in London and some other cities, the official residence of the Lord Mayor.

Mansion

v. i.
  1. To dwell; to reside. [Obs.]