1.  residence(n = noun.location) abode - any address at which you dwell more than temporarily; "a person can have several residences"
is a kind of address
has particulars: domicile, legal residence, home, place

2.  residence(n = noun.artifact) Array - the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president); "he refused to live in the governor's residence"
is a kind of house
has particulars: court, deanery, manse, palace, parsonage, rectory, vicarage, cloister, religious residence, vatican, vatican palace, white house, mount vernon

3.  residence(n = noun.act) abidance, residency - the act of dwelling in a place; Array
is a kind of act, deed, human action, human activity
has particulars: lodging, occupancy, tenancy
Derived forms verb reside₂, verb reside₁, adjective resident₁, adjective residential₂

4.  residence(n = noun.artifact) hall, manse, mansion, mansion house - a large and imposing house; Array
is a kind of house
has parts: hall, manor hall
has particulars: manor, manor house, castle, palace, stately home

1.  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. [1913 Webster]
"The confessor had often made considerable residences in Normandy." [1913 Webster]

2.  The place where one resides; an abode; a dwelling or habitation; esp., a settled or permanent home or domicile. Shak. [1913 Webster]
"Johnson took up his residence in London." [1913 Webster]

3.  The residing of an incumbent on his benefice; -- opposed to nonresidence. [1913 Webster]

4.  The place where anything rests permanently. [1913 Webster]
"But when a king sets himself to bandy against the highest court and residence of all his regal power, he then, . . . fights against his own majesty and kingship." [1913 Webster]

5.  Subsidence, as of a sediment. Bacon. [1913 Webster]

6.  That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum. Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]

residence, n.
1 the act or an instance of residing.
2 a the place where a person resides; an abode. b a mansion; the official house of a government minister etc. c a house, esp. one of considerable pretension (returned to their London residence).

Idiom:
in residence dwelling at a specified place, esp. for the performance of duties or work.

Etymology:
ME f. OF residence or med.L residentia f. L residere: see RESIDE

N  abode, dwelling, lodging, domicile, residence, apartment, place, digs, pad, address, habitation, where one's lot is cast, local habitation, berth, diggings, seat, lap, sojourn, housing, quarters, headquarters, resiance, tabernacle, throne, ark, home, fatherland, country, homestead, homestall, fireside, hearth, hearth stone, chimney corner, inglenook, ingle side, harem, seraglio, zenana, household gods, lares et penates, roof, household, housing, dulce domum, paternal domicile, native soil, native land, habitat, range, stamping ground, haunt, hangout, biosphere, environment, ecological niche, nest, nidus, snuggery, arbor, bower, lair, den, cave, hole, hiding place, cell, sanctum sanctorum, aerie, eyrie, eyry, rookery, hive, covert, resort, retreat, perch, roost, nidification, kala jagah, bivouac, camp, encampment, cantonment, castrametation, barrack, casemate, casern, tent, building, chamber, xenodochium, tenement, messuage, farm, farmhouse, grange, hacienda, toft, cot, cabin, hut, chalet, croft, shed, booth, stall, hovel, bothy, shanty, dugout, wigwam, pen, barn, bawn, kennel, sty, doghold, cote, coop, hutch, byre, cow house, cow shed, stable, dovecote, columbary, columbarium, shippen, igloo, iglu, jacal, lacustrine dwelling, lacuslake dwelling, lacuspile dwelling, log cabin, log house, shack, shebang, tepee, topek, house, mansion, place, villa, cottage, box, lodge, hermitage, rus in urbe, folly, rotunda, tower, chateau, castle, pavilion, hotel, court, manor-house, capital messuage, hall, palace, kiosk, bungalow, casa, country seat, apartment house, flat house, frame house, shingle house, tenement house, temple, hamlet, village, thorp, dorp, ham, kraal, borough, burgh, town, city, capital, metropolis, suburb, province, country, county town, county seat, courthouse, ghetto, street, place, terrace, parade, esplanade, alameda, board walk, embankment, road, row, lane, alley, court, quadrangle, quad, wynd, close, yard, passage, rents, buildings, mews, square, polygon, circus, crescent, mall, piazza, arcade, colonnade, peristyle, cloister, gardens, grove, residences, block of buildings, market place, place, plaza, anchorage, roadstead, roads, dock, basin, wharf, quay, port, harbor, quarter, parish, assembly room, meetinghouse, pump room, spa, watering place, inn, hostel, hostelry, hotel, tavern, caravansary, dak bungalow, khan, hospice, public house, pub, pot house, mug house, gin mill, gin palace, bar, bar room, barrel house, cabaret, chophouse, club, clubhouse, cookshop, dive, exchange, grill room, saloon, shebeen, coffee house, eating house, canteen, restaurant, buffet, cafe, estaminet, posada, almshouse, poorhouse, townhouse, garden, park, pleasure ground, plaisance, demesne, cage, terrarium, doghouse, pen, aviary, barn, stall, zoo, urban, metropolitan, suburban, provincial, rural, rustic, domestic, cosmopolitan, palatial, eigner Hert ist goldes Werth, even cities have their graves, ubi libertas ibi patria, home sweet home.

hall of residence, legal residence, religious residence, residence hall, residence time, student residence