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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Mansion \Man"sion\, verb (used without an object) To dwell; to reside. [Obs.] --Mede.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Mansion \Man"sion\, noun [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
mansion
noun
1: (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided [syn: {sign of the zodiac}, {star sign}, {sign}, {house}, {planetary house}]
2: a large and imposing house [syn: {mansion house}, {manse}, {hall}, {residence}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
30 Moby Thesaurus words for "mansion": aspect, astrodiagnosis, astrology, astromancy, castle, chateau, court, estate, genethliac astrology, genethliacism, genethliacs, genethlialogy, hall, horoscope, horoscopy, house, manor, mundane astrology, mundane house, nativity, natural astrology, palace, palais, palatial residence, palazzo, planetary house, stargazing, tower, villa, zodiac
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