residence /ˈɹɛz.ɪ.dəns/noun 9forms 1 noun9 •someone's home, the place where they liveJohnson took up his residence in London. — 1856 •A building or portion thereof used as a home, such as a house or an apartment therein. •The place where a corporation is established. •Accommodation for students at a university or college. •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. — 1649 •The state of living in a particular place or environment.The confessor had often made considerable residences in Normandy. — 1713 •That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum. •Subsidence, as of a sedimentSeparation[…]is wrought by Weight; as in the ordinary Residence or Settlement of Liquors. — 1627 •Synonym of rezidentura. formsresidences