Residence /(r?z"?-dens)/

Res·i·dence

Residence

n.
  1. The act or fact of residing, abiding, or dwelling in a place for some continuance of time; as, the residence of an American in France or Italy for a year.
    The confessor had often made considerable residences in Normandy.
  2. The place where one resides; an abode; a dwelling or habitation; esp., a settled or permanent home or domicile.
    Johnson took up his residence in London.
  3. The residing of an incumbent on his benefice; -- opposed to nonresidence. (Eng. Eccl. Law)
  4. The place where anything rests permanently.
    But when a king sets himself to bandy against the highest court and residence of all his regal power, he then, . . . fights against his own majesty and kingship.
  5. Subsidence, as of a sediment. [Obs.]
  6. That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum. [Obs.]