MANSION. This term is synonymous with house. (q.v.) 1 Chit. Pr. 167; 2 T. R. 502; 1 Tho. Co. Litt. 215, n. 35; 9 B. & C. 681; S. C. 17 E. C. L. R. 472, and the cases there cited; Com. Dig. Justices, P 5; 3 Serg. & Rawle, 199. A portion only of a building may come under the description of a mansion-house. 1 Leach, 89, 428; 1 East, P. C. C. 15, s. 19. 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1571, note.

Source: Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
 

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

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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Mansion \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.]

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In my Father's house are many mansions. --John xiv. 2. [1913 Webster]

These poets near our princes sleep, And in one grave their mansions keep. --Den?am. [1913 Webster]

2. The house of the lord of a manor; a manor house; hence: Any house of considerable size or pretension. [1913 Webster]

3. (Astrol.) A twelfth part of the heavens; a house. See 1st House, 8. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

4. 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. [1913 Webster]

Mansion house, the house in which one resides; specifically, in London and some other cities, the official residence of the Lord Mayor. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]

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mansion

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

--Mede.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Mansion \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)