Mansion (disambiguation)

A mansion can be:  :

• A dwelling; a house or room(s) in a house
• A place in heaven; “the mansions”
• A manor house; the residence of the Lord of the Manor; the principal dwelling on an estate; also generally used as a generic term to refer to any great house, a large and seemingly opulent residence.
• A Japanese condominim
• Formerly in astronomy, a place in the heavens; any one of the 28 divisions of the moon's monthly path
• in astrology one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided

It derives from the same Latin source as the words manor and. Manse, the word ‘’mansio’’ from ‘’manere’’, to remain.

Although the most commonly recognized meaning today is probably “large house”, mansion is a curious word because in this sense a ‘’mansion’’ does not technically exist: there is no architectural building called a ‘’mansion’’ and no social “mansion”, as using the word to refer to a specific residence falls outside of the rules of etiquette.

Today, the word "mansion" is generally only used by those in the real estate trade.

For a discussion of the history and use of the word mansion, the origin and development of the concept of mansions and the composition of their household staff, see great house.

For specific residential styles that are often or may be referred to as mansions, see:

• castle
• chateau
• country house
• bungalow
• faux chateau
• manor house
• mcmansion
• palace
• villa

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