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Definition of mansion
1a obsolete : the act of remaining or dwelling : stayb archaic : dwelling, abode
2a (1) : manor house (2) : a large imposing residenceb : a separate apartment or lodging in a large structure
3a : house 3bb : one of the 28 parts into which the moon's monthly course through the heavens is divided
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Examples of mansion in a Sentence
a mansion with 10 bedrooms and an indoor swimming pool
if I ever win the lottery, I'm going to buy a mansion in the hills
Recent Examples of mansion from the Web
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As People reports, the atmosphere at her Rhode Island mansion was max chill, with Taylor’s parents Andrea and Scott holding court over the holiday weekend with some pals.
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At the time, the lockbox of Establishment New York was tightly closed to the Trumps of Queens, despite their mansion in Jamaica Estates.
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The 55,000-square-foot mansion is nearly the same size as the White House.
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But once the cars started arriving for the reception at the historic Grayhall mansion in Beverly Hills, Eddie and Val were nowhere to be found.
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Meanwhile, the Daily Mail exclusively reports that the new family of five recently moved into $400,000 per month rental mansion in Malibu, where they are expected to stay until August.
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To highlight the move towards a crisp minimalist look, the collection's launch party was held in a spare modernist mansion high up on a hilltop in Beverly Hills, California.
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Earlier this week the Shake It Up actress was spotted in a white bikini, burger in hand, poolside at Scott's mansion.
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Some of those car races were held on the beach here, or on Bellevue Avenue, the leafy boulevard lined by Gilded Age mansions, de Muzio said.
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Origin and Etymology of mansion
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin mansion-, mansio, from manēre to remain, dwell; akin to Greek menein to remain
MANSION Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of mansion for English Language Learners
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: a large and impressive house : the large house of a wealthy person
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