residence
noun [C] /ˈrez.ɪ.dəns/ formalDefinition
C2 a home: the Governor's official residenceHome in residence › officially staying or living somewhere: The Queen is in residence at the Palace this week.Living or sleeping somewhere author/poet/artist in residence › an author (= writer), poet, or artist who is employed at a school or college, etc. for a short periodTeachers take up residence/residency somewhere › to go to live somewhere: She took up residence in Canada. She took up permanent residency abroad.Changing homes and moving
(Definition of residence noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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