residence

Etymology

From Middle English residence, from Old French residence, from Medieval Latin residentia, from residēns, present participle of resideō.

noun

1. The place where one lives (resides); one's home.
2. A building or portion thereof used as a home, such as a house or an apartment therein.
3. The place where a corporation is established.
4. The state of living in a particular place or environment.
   The confessor had often made considerable residences in Normandy. 1713, The History of the Common Law of England, Sir Matthew Hale (jurist), Google Books, page 87
5. Accommodation for students at a university or college.
6. The place where anything rests permanently.
7. subsidence, as of a sediment
8. That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum.
   waters of a muddy residence 1638, Jeremy Taylor, Sermon on Gunpowder Treason
9. (espionage) Synonym of rezidentura