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noun any address at which you dwell more than temporarily
noun the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president)
noun the act of dwelling in a place
originInherited from Middle English residence, from Old French residence, from Medieval Latin residentia, from residēns, present participle of resideō, equivalent to reside + -ence. Doublet of residencia.
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