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)
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