residency

noun res·i·den·cy \ ˈre-zə-dən(t)-sē , ˈrez-dən(t)- , ˈre-zə-ˌden(t)- \

Updated on: 16 Apr 2018

Definition of residency

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 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 4b

c : a period as an artist in residence

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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 of residency from the Web

About 1,300 Central Americans obtained permanent residency as refugees last year, according to Mexican government statistics.

— catherine e. shoichet, CNN, "Their journey north sparked a Trump tweetstorm," 2 Apr. 2018
The director of the residency program, Dr. Sanjay Desai, said in an email to residents that the coat's meaning has changed to represent excessive rigidity, and the institution has to ensure traditions uphold core values.

— Fox News, "John Hopkins Hospital interns to hang up short white coats," 2 Apr. 2018
The new social media policy will affect nearly 15 million potential immigrants, CNN reported, including those seeking legal permanent residency.

— christianna silva, Teen Vogue, "The Trump Administration's New Immigration Polices Target Pregnant Immigrants and Social Media Users," 30 Mar. 2018
After that, every parent without papers began to see danger in everyday activities: driving, going through airport security, disputing an eviction, speaking Spanish in the wrong place, getting a driver’s license, even applying for legal residency.

— www.latimes.com, "A Dream Displaced," 29 Mar. 2018
But Canada said no to his application for residency.

— rick montgomery, kansascity, "'This is home': Syed Jamal reflects on his arrest by ICE, sudden fame, visa mistakes | The Kansas City Star," 21 Mar. 2018
The chief, Anthony Williams, supervised the residency program that Peterson defended before the school board.

— david lyons, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Who is Scot Peterson? What we know now about Stoneman Douglas cop," 23 Feb. 2018
Those questions grew sharper last month, when the president proposed ending the decades-long ability of U.S. citizens to sponsor their parents and siblings for legal residency in the United States...

— chuck todd, NBC News, "Reality check: Democrats in Trump Country aren’t jumping into the gun debate," 22 Feb. 2018
Those concerns focused on its spending for Trump’s wall and its prohibition against Dreamers sponsoring their parents for legal residency.

— alan fram, Time, "Divided Senate Rejects Immigration Plan to Help 'Dreamers'," 15 Feb. 2018

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First Known Use of residency

1579

residency Synonyms

RESIDENCY Defined for English Language Learners

residency

noun

Definition of residency for English Language Learners

: the state or fact of living in a place
: a period of time when someone lives in a place
: legal permission to live in a place

Medical Dictionary

residency

noun res·i·den·cy \ ˈrez-əd-ən-sē \

medical Definition of residency

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