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residence

res·i·dence [ rézzid'nss ] (plural res·i·dences)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. home: the house, apartment, or other dwelling in which somebody lives

2. large house: a grand and imposing dwelling

3. U.S. business corporation's headquarters: the official headquarters of a corporation

4. living somewhere: the fact of living in a place

5. time lived in place: the period of time that somebody lives in a place

6. U.S. medicine 
Same as  residency (sense 1)



in residence 

1. 
living in a place at a particular time
 

2. 
employed as a creative artist by an educational or other institution to foster interest in a subject


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