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mansion

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mansion/ˈmanʃn/

▶noun

1 a large, impressive house.

2 (mansion block) Brit. a large block of flats.

3 (in names) a terrace or mansion block: Carlyle Mansions.

– origin ME (denoting the chief residence of a lord): via OFr. from L. mansio(n-) ‘place where someone stays’, from manere ‘remain’.

'mansion' also found in these Oxford entries:

haveli - mansion house - perron - -sion - tribune

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