mansion Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
    planetary house; house; star sign; sign of the zodiac; sign.
  2. noun a large and imposing house
    residence; manse; hall; mansion house.

WordNet

Man"sion noun
Etymology
OF. mansion, F. maison, fr. L. mansio a staying, remaining, a dwelling, habitation, fr. manere, mansum, to stay, dwell; akin to Gr. . Cf. Manse, Manor, Menagerie, Menial, Permanent.
Definitions
  1. A dwelling place, -- whether a part or whole of a house or other shelter. Obs.
    In my Father's house are many mansions. John xiv. 2.
    These poets near our princes sleep, And in one grave their mansions keep. Denam.
  2. The house of the lord of a manor; a manor house; hence: Any house of considerable size or pretension.
  3. (Astrol.) A twelfth part of the heavens; a house. See 1st House, 8. Chaucer.
  4. The place in the heavens occupied each day by the moon in its monthly revolution. Obs.
    The eight and twenty mansions That longen to the moon. Chaucer.
    Blackstone.
Man"sion intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To dwell; to reside. Obs. Mede.

Webster 1913