noun (n)

• any address at which you dwell more than temporarily(noun.location)

  Example:
  A person can have several residences.
  

  Synonym:
  abode
  

  source: wordnet30
• the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president)(noun.artifact)

  Example:
  He refused to live in the governor's residence.
  

  source: wordnet30
• the act of dwelling in a place(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  abidance, residency
  

  source: wordnet30
• a large and imposing house(noun.artifact)

  Synonym:
  hall, manse, mansion, mansion house
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act or fact of residing, abiding, or dwelling in a place for some continuance of time; as, the residence of an American in France or Italy for a year.(noun)

  source: webster1913