residency

noun

res·​i·​den·​cy ˈre-zə-dən(t)-sē 

ˈrez-dən(t)-,

ˈre-zə-ˌden(t)-

plural residencies

1

a

: a usually official place of residence

b

: a state or period of residence

a 20-year residency in the city

also : residence sense 2c

2

: a territory in a protected state in which the powers of the protecting state are executed by a resident agent

3

a

: a period of advanced training in a medical specialty that normally follows graduation from medical school and licensing to practice medicine

b

: residence sense 4b

c

: a period as an artist in residence

Synonyms

• habitation
• occupancy
• occupation
• possession

Examples of residency in a Sentence

You must meet the town's residency requirement in order to vote.

a four-year residency in the country

She recently completed her residency in pediatrics.

Recent Examples on the Web

Dating back to 1889, Eden has been the hotel of choice for visiting starlets (Ingrid Bergman and her husband, film director Roberto Rossellini, famously took up a residency in the Aurora suite), royals, and dignitaries whose photos line the hallway of the hotel leading to the restaurant. —Michelle Gross, Robb Report, 21 Nov. 2023

This isn’t the first time U2 has extended its residency. —Anna Chan, Billboard, 17 Nov. 2023

By the spring of 1962, the bar was paying her twenty-five hundred dollars—or twenty-five thousand today—for a two-week residency. —Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2023

Conor Oberst announced residencies in Los Angeles and New York next March and April. —Spin Staff, SPIN, 14 Nov. 2023

Foreign medics who carried out multiple residencies or voluntary stints in the facility said the same. —Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023

Presale for the residency begins Wednesday and tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. Pacific time. —Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2023

Want to know more about Erika Jayne’s Las Vegas residency but don’t want to spend the $7 needed to buy a ticket? —Vulture, 5 Nov. 2023

The filing comes after Jackson garnered a wave of online criticism for responding negatively to a video of Palmer dancing with Usher while being serenaded by the singer during an evening of his Las Vegas residency in July. —Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Nov. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1579, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

residency

noun

res·​i·​den·​cy ˈrez-əd-ən-sē 

-ə-ˌden(t)-

plural residencies

1

a

: a usually official place of residence

b

: a state or period of residence

a four-year residency in the country

c

: residence sense 2b

applied for residency

2

a

: a period of advanced training especially in a medical specialty that typically follows graduation from medical school

b

: residence sense 3b

Medical Definition

residency

noun

res·​i·​den·​cy ˈrez-əd-ən-sē 

plural residencies

: a period of advanced medical training and education that normally follows graduation from medical school and licensing to practice medicine and that consists of supervised practice of a specialty in a hospital and in its outpatient department and instruction from specialists on the hospital staff

Legal Definition

residency

noun

res·​i·​den·​cy ˈre-zə-dən-sē 

plural residencies

1

: an often official place of residence

2

: the condition of being a resident of a particular place