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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Residence \Res"i*dence\ (r?z"?-dens), noun [F. r['e]sidence. See {Resident}.]
1. The act or fact of residing, abiding, or dwelling in a place for some continuance of time; as, the residence of an American in France or Italy for a year.
The confessor had often made considerable residences in Normandy. --Sir M. Hale.
2. The place where one resides; an abode; a dwelling or habitation; esp., a settled or permanent home or domicile. ''Near the residence of Posthumus.'' --Shak.
Johnson took up his residence in London. --Macaulay.
3. (Eng. Eccl. Law) The residing of an incumbent on his benefice; -- opposed to nonresidence.
4. The place where anything rests permanently.
But when a king sets himself to bandy against the highest court and residence of all his regal power, he then, . . . fights against his own majesty and kingship. --Milton.
5. Subsidence, as of a sediment. [Obs.] --Bacon.
6. That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
Syn: Domiciliation; sojourn; stay; abode; home; dwelling; habitation; domicile; mansion.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
residence
noun
1: any address at which you dwell more than temporarily; "a person can have several residences" [syn: {abode}]
2: the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president); "he refused to live in the governor's residence"
3: the act of dwelling in a place [syn: {residency}, {abidance}]
4: a large and imposing house [syn: {mansion}, {mansion house}, {manse}, {hall}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
54 Moby Thesaurus words for "residence": abiding, abiding place, abode, address, cantonment, castle, chateau, cohabitation, commorancy, crash pad, crib, domicile, domus, dwelling, dwelling place, estate, habitancy, habitation, hall, home, house, inhabitancy, inhabitation, inhabiting, living, living quarters, lodging, lodging place, lodgment, manor house, mansion, nest, nesting, occupancy, occupation, pad, palace, place, place to live, residency, residing, roof, seat, settlement, sojourn, sojourning, squatting, stay, staying, staying over, stopping, tenancy, villa, visit
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