mansion

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

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