residence

Meanings

1. The place where one lives (resides); one's home.
2. A building or portion thereof used as a home, such as a house or an apartment therein.
3. The place where a corporation is established.
4. The state of living in a particular place or environment.
5. Accommodation for students at a university or college.
6. The place where anything rests permanently.
7. Subsidence, as of a sediment
8. That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum.
9. Synonym of rezidentura.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English residence, from Old French residence, from Medieval Latin residentia, from residēns, present participle of resideō, equivalent to reside + -ence.