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mansions

mansions is the plural of mansion.

Meaning of mansion

Noun

mansion (plural mansions)

  1. A large luxurious house or building, usually built for the wealthy.
  2. (UK) A luxurious flat (apartment).
  3. (Hong-Kong) An apartment building.
  4. (obsolete) A house provided for a clergyman; a manse.
  5. (obsolete) A stopping-place during a journey; a stage.
    • According to that Cabaliſticall Dogma: If Abram had not had this Letter [i.e., ה (he)] added unto his Name he had remained fruitleſſe, and without the power of generation: […] So that being ſterill before, he received the power of generation from that meaſure and manſion in the Archetype; and was...1658, Thomas Browne, “The Garden of Cyrus. […]. Chapter V.”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC, page 192
  6. (historical) An astrological house; a station of the moon.

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Phrases with mansions

Questions about mansions

What is mansions the plural of?
Mansions is the plural of mansion.

Words near mansions in the dictionary

  1. mansionettes
  2. mansionization
  3. mansionless
  4. mansionlike
  5. mansionry
  6. mansions
  7. mansioun
  8. mansiouns
  9. Mansis
  10. Manske
  11. Mansker

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