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noun

Mansion n.

A dwelling place, whether a part or whole of a house or other shelter. (Obs.) "In my Father's house are many mansions." "These poets near our princes sleep, And in one grave their mansions keep."

The house of the lord of a manor; a manor house; hence: Any house of considerable size or pretension.

(Astrol.) A twelfth part of the heavens; a house. See 1st House, 8.

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."

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

mansion house n. A large and imposing house.

Synonyms: mansion, manse, hall, residence.

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Etymology of 'Mansion house'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Mansion house" Quotes from Famous Books

... and was of course particularly noticeable in his writings, as we shall subsequently see. It is therefore only to be expected that he prized his father's little estate of Wotton in Surrey as one of the finest in the kingdom. 'Wotton, the mansion house of my Father, left him by my Grandfather, (now my eldest Brother's), is situated in the most Southern part of the Shire, and though in a valley, yet really upon part of Lyth Hill one of the most eminent in England ...

— Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) - Or A Discourse of Forest Trees • John Evelyn

... to the British Government messages of condolence for the sufferers. The King sent a donation of $2625 to the Mansion House fund. Queen Mary donated $1310 and Queen Alexandra ...

— Sinking of the Titanic - and Great Sea Disasters • Various

... seemed coeval with the foundation of the family. Tracts of wild champaign succeeded these, covered with gorse and fern. Then came stately avenues of sycamore or Spanish chestnut, fragments of stately woods, that in old days doubtless reached the vicinity of the mansion house; and these were in turn ...

— Henrietta Temple - A Love Story • Benjamin Disraeli

... managed," answered Fairscribe; "and for my part, I inclined to keep the mansion house, mains, and some of the old family acres together; but both Mr. — and you were of opinion that the money would be ...

— Chronicles of the Canongate • Sir Walter Scott

... like all narrators of startling intelligence, she seemed to wish to spin out, so as to excite the curiosity of her hearers to the utmost; "well, I was standing at the top of Threadneedle Street, with my back to the Mansion House, looking to see if any customers were coming from Moorgate Street way, when some one touched me on my shoulder. I turned sharp round, as I thought maybe it was a gent wanting a bunch of flowers for his coat. But instead of a gent it was, oh, such a pretty lady! Not a young lady; p'raps as old as ...

— Little Pollie - A Bunch of Violets • Gertrude P. Dyer

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