residence English · revision 5684

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1380|origins=la-med residentia}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈrez.ɪ.dəns/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English residence, [[bor|fro|residence]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002) from [[la-med|residentia]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from [[la|residēns]], the present participle of [[m|la|residēre|t=to settle, remain, sit down]] (see [[reside]]).^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The stay of clergy at their benefice or cathedral for their duties: about 1380 in the OED;^(OED 1989) the act of dwelling and one's dwelling place are from the late 14th century in Etymonline, and ''to make one's residence'' from about 1386 in the OED.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Having one's usual home in a place is from 1480, the late 15th century in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) A stay at a college or university for study or duties is from 1584–5,^(OED 1989) and the clerical sense was extended in the 19th century to professors, artists and poets, with ''writer-in-residence'' and similar phrases attested by 1954.^(Etymonline) In anthropology, the place where a couple settles after marriage is from 1865.^(OED 1989) A large or official house, such as a governor's, is a later use.^(Collins 2023)^(AHD) A different residence, sediment or deposit, formed from reside “to settle”, was used in the 16th and 17th centuries.^(OED 1989)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1380 – a cleric's residence at his post.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1386 – ''to make one's residence''.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1480 – having one's usual home somewhere.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1541 – sediment (obsolete).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1584–5 – residence at a university.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1954 – ''writer-in-residence''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The place where someone lives; a [[home]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A large house, or the official home of a [[governor]] or similar person.^(Collins 2023)

+ # The fact of living in a place, or a period of living there.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(in residence)'' Living or working at a place, such as a [[university]].^(Collins 2023)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[nonresidence]]

+ * [[residence time]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[reside]]

+ * [[residency]]

+ * [[resident]]

+ * [[residential]]

+ * [[residue]]

+ * [[sit]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}