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mansion

noun
/ˈmæn.ʃən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English mansioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman mansion, mansiun, from Latin mānsiō (“dwelling, stopping-place”), from the past participle stem of manēre (“stay”). By surface analysis, manse + -ion.

  1. derived from mānsiō
  2. derived from mansion
  3. inherited from mansioun

Definitions

  1. A large luxurious house or building, usually built for the wealthy.

  2. A luxurious flat (apartment).

  3. An apartment building.

  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. A house provided for a clergyman

      A house provided for a clergyman; a manse.

    2. A stopping-place during a journey

      A stopping-place during a journey; a stage.

    3. An astrological house

      An astrological house; a station of the moon.

    4. One of twenty-eight sections of the sky.

    5. An individual habitation or apartment within a large house or group of buildings. (Now…

      An individual habitation or apartment within a large house or group of buildings. (Now chiefly in allusion to John 14:2.)

      • In my Father's house are many mansions [translating μοναὶ (monaì)]: if it were not so, I would have told you.
      • These poets near our princes sleep, / And in one grave their mansion keep.
      • The many mansions in one east London house of God.

    6. Any of the branches of the Rastafari movement.

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Derived

cinemansion, executive mansion, lunar mansion, mansional, mansioned, mansionette, mansionization, mansionless, mansionlike, mansionry, McMansion, megamansion, minimansion, tract mansion

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at mansion. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01mansion02house03built04shape05health06micro07microwave08oven09cook10manor

A definitional loop anchored at mansion. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at mansion

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA