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MANSION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large and imposing house
Synonyms:
hall; manse; mansion; mansion house; residence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("mansion" is a kind of...):
house (a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families)
Meronyms (parts of "mansion"):
hall; manor hall (the large room of a manor or castle)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mansion"):
manor; manor house (the mansion of a lord or wealthy person)
castle; palace (a large and stately mansion)
stately home (a mansion that is (or formerly was) occupied by an aristocratic family)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
Synonyms:
house; mansion; planetary house; sign; sign of the zodiac; star sign
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("mansion" is a kind of...):
part; region (the extended spatial location of something)
Domain category:
astrology; star divination (a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon)
Instance hyponyms:
Aries; Aries the Ram; Ram (the first sign of the zodiac which the sun enters at the vernal equinox; the sun is in this sign from about March 21 to April 19)
Bull; Taurus; Taurus the Bull (the second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20)
Gemini; Gemini the Twins; Twins (the third sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about May 21 to June 20)
Cancer; Cancer the Crab; Crab (the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22)
Leo; Leo the Lion; Lion (the fifth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about July 23 to August 22)
Virgin; Virgo; Virgo the Virgin (the sixth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about August 23 to September 22)
Balance; Libra; Libra the Balance; Libra the Scales (the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22)
Scorpio; Scorpio the Scorpion; Scorpion (the eighth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about October 23 to November 21)
Archer; Sagittarius; Sagittarius the Archer (the ninth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about November 22 to December 21)
Capricorn; Capricorn the Goat; Goat (the tenth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about December 22 to January 19)
Aquarius; Aquarius the Water Bearer; Water Bearer (the eleventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about January 20 to February 18)
Fish; Pisces; Pisces the Fishes (the twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20)
Holonyms ("mansion" is a part of...):
zodiac (a belt-shaped region in the heavens on either side to the ecliptic; divided into 12 constellations or signs for astrological purposes)
Context examples:
About a mile and a half from the cottage, along the narrow winding valley of Allenham, which issued from that of Barton, as formerly described, the girls had, in one of their earliest walks, discovered an ancient respectable looking mansion which, by reminding them a little of Norland, interested their imagination and made them wish to be better acquainted with it.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
As for Elizabeth, her thoughts were at Pemberley this evening more than the last; and the evening, though as it passed it seemed long, was not long enough to determine her feelings towards one in that mansion; and she lay awake two whole hours endeavouring to make them out.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
She could not tell Miss Crawford that those woods belonged to Sotherton, she could not carelessly observe that she believed that it was now all Mr. Rushworth's property on each side of the road, without elation of heart; and it was a pleasure to increase with their approach to the capital freehold mansion, and ancient manorial residence of the family, with all its rights of court-leet and court-baron.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Relinquish! What! my vocation? My great work? My foundation laid on earth for a mansion in heaven?
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Your agent will easily recognise the locality, as it is the ancient chapel of the mansion.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
This small but select mansion has been inhabited for some years by Mr. Eduardo Lucas, well-known in society circles both on account of his charming personality and because he has the well-deserved reputation of being one of the best amateur tenors in the country.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
On the other hand, it was furnished with the neatness and taste which belonged to his character, so that his most luxurious friends found something in the tiny rooms which made them discontented with their own sumptuous mansions.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Congratulating himself that a handsome repast had been ordered that morning, feeling sure that it would be ready to the minute, and indulging in pleasant anticipations of the charming effect it would produce, when his pretty wife came running out to meet him, he escorted his friend to his mansion, with the irrepressible satisfaction of a young host and husband.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
In describing to her all the grandeur of Lady Catherine and her mansion, with occasional digressions in praise of his own humble abode, and the improvements it was receiving, he was happily employed until the gentlemen joined them; and he found in Mrs. Phillips a very attentive listener, whose opinion of his consequence increased with what she heard, and who was resolving to retail it all among her neighbours as soon as she could.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
In those that remained, there was scarcely any glass; and, through the crumbling frames by which the bad air seemed always to come in, and never to go out, I saw, through other glassless windows, into other houses in a similar condition, and looked giddily down into a wretched yard, which was the common dust-heap of the mansion.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
