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mansioun

mansioun is the obsolete spelling 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.

See all 9 meanings of mansion

Forms of mansioun

pluralmansiouns

Questions about mansioun

What is mansioun the obsolete spelling of?
Mansioun is the obsolete spelling of mansion.

Words near mansioun in the dictionary

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

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