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noun
1.
a very large, impressive, or stately residence.
3.
Often, mansions. British. a large building with many apartments; apartment house.
4.
Oriental and Medieval Astronomy. each of 28 divisions of the ecliptic occupied by the moon on successive days.
5.
Archaic. an abode or dwelling place.
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Mansion
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Example Sentences
- The mansion was used for administrative offices and priests' quarters, and a small convent and chapel were built on the grounds.
- They aren't using it to buy themselves mansion houses.
- He declined the governor's mansion and slept on a mattress in a rented flat.
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World English Dictionary
| mansion (ˈmænʃən) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | Also called: mansion house a large and imposing house |
| 2. | a less common word for manor house |
| 3. | archaic any residence |
| 4. | (Brit) (plural) a block of flats |
| 5. | astrology any of 28 divisions of the zodiac each occupied on successive days by the moon |
| [C14: via Old French from Latin mansio a remaining, from mansus; see | |
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Word Origin & History
mansion
mid-14c., "the chief residence of a lord," from O.Fr. mansion, from L. mansionem (nom. mansio) "a staying, a remaining, night quarters, station," from manere "to stay, abide," from PIE *men- "to remain, wait for" (cf. Gk. menein "to remain," Pers. mandan "to remain"). Sense of "any large and stately
EXPAND house" is from 1510s.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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mansion
scenic device used in medieval theatrical staging. Individual mansions represented different locales in biblical stories and in scenes from the life of Christ as performed in churches. A mansion consisted of a small booth containing a stage with corner posts supporting a canopy and decorated curtains and often a chair and props to be used by the actors in that scene. Mansions were usually arranged elliptically in the nave of the church. Appropriate architectural features of the church were also used as mansions: the crypt served as the tomb of Christ or as hell and the choir loft was frequently used as heaven.
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