Bible Dictionaries
Residence

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) 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.

(2):

(n.) The place where one resides; an abode; a dwelling or habitation; esp., a settled or permanent home or domicile.

(3):

(n.) The place where anything rests permanently.

(4):

(n.) Subsidence, as of a sediment.

(5):

(n.) That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum.

(6):

(n.) The residing of an incumbent on his benefice; - opposed to nonresidence.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Residence'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/residence.html. 1828.