Mansion

Noun

 * 1) A large house or building, usually built for the wealthy.
 * 2)  A luxurious flat (apartment).
 * 3)  An astrological house; a station of the moon.
 * 4)  One of twenty-eight sections of the sky.
 * 5) Any of the branches of the Rastafari movement (after John 14:2, "In my Father's house are many mansions").
 * 6)  A house provided for a clergyman; a manse.
 * 7)  A stopping-place during a journey; a stage.

Adjectives for Mansion
cheerless; mossy; determinate; ostentatious; commodious; moldered; noble; desolate; executive; hospitable; dim; fatigued; reticent; old; feudal; happy; elegant; studious; solitary; heavenly; blissful; rich-chambered; eternal; sun-mellowed; stout; substantial; white-pillared; gloomy; dolorous; marble; noisy; aristocratic; baronial; palatial; intricate; stately; extensive; stormy; steady; temple like; beautiful; decorated; colonnaded; antiquated; fragile.

Verbs for Mansion
convert—; dwell in—; haunt—; inhabit—; modernize—; occupy—; permeate—; redecorate—; remodel—; renovate—; reside in—; restore—; —awes; —houses; —inspires; —quarters.

Thesaurus
manor, manse, aspect, astrodiagnosis, astrology, astromancy, castle, chateau, court, estate, genethliac astrology, genethliacism, genethliacs, genethlialogy, hall, horoscope, horoscopy, house, manor, mundane astrology, mundane house, nativity, natural astrology, palace, palais, palatial residence, palazzo, planetary house, stargazing, tower, villa, zodiac

Alternative forms

 * mansioun

Etymology
, from mansio:, from the past participle stem of manere:.

Translations

 * Ancient Greek: στέγος (stegos)
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , 宅第,  公館, 公馆
 * Croatian: ljetnikovac
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Hebrew:, ,
 * Japanese:


 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:, mansão
 * Russian: особняк, многоквартирный дом, хоромы,
 * Scottish Gaelic: taigh-mòr
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Volapük: kased

Descendants

 * Japanese: マンション:

Anagrams

 * amnions
 * Minoans
 * onanism