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The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or ether dignitary; a palace. Attends the emperor in his royal court. Shak. This our court, infected with their manners, Shows like a riotous inn. Shak.

The court of a sovereign or of a feudal lord; also; his residence or his household. Burrill.

The residence of a dean. Shak.

Pertaining to a dean or deanery. His rectorial as well as decanal residence. Churton. Decanal side, the side of the choir on which the dean's tall is placed. -- Decanal stall, the stall allotted to the dean in the choir, on the right or south side of the chancel. Shipley.

One admitted to residence in a foreign country. Ye gods, Natives, or denizens, of blest abodes. Dryden.

To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name and residence of the person to whom anything is sent; to superscribe; as, to direct a letter.

The name and residence of a person to whom any thing is sent, written upon the thing sent; superscription; address; as, the direction of a letter.

A book containing the names and residences of the inhabitants of any place, or of classes of them; an address book; as, a business directory.

An abode or mansion; a place of permanent residence, either of an individual or a family.

Of or pertaining to a domicile, or the residence of a person or family. The personal and domiciliary rights of the citizen scrupulously guarded. Motley. Domiciliary visit (Law), a visit to a private dwelling, particularly for searching it, under authority.

To establish in a permanent residence; to domicile.

The act of domiciliating; permanent residence; inhabitancy. Milman.

ing fronted on the street. Tennyson. Dwelling house, a house intended to be occupied as a residence, in distinction from a store, office, or other building. -- Dwelling place, place of residence.

The garden where Adam and Eve first dwelt; hence, a delightful region or residence.

A removal from the usual place of residence. [Obs.]

The residence or office of an ambassador.

To remove from one country or State to another, for the purpose of residence; to migrate from home. Forced to emigrate in a body to America. Macaulay. They [the Huns] were emigrating from Tartary into Europe in the time of the Goths. J. H. Newman.

The act of emigrating; removal from one country or state to another, for the purpose of residence, as from Europe to America, or, in America, from the Atlantic States to the Western.

or commercial, force or organization. (c) The place in which one is permanently fixed for residence or business; residence, including grounds, furniture, equipage, etc.; with which one is fitted out; also, any office or place of business, with its fixtures; that which serves for the carrying on of a business; as, to ke…

A dwelling house on a farm; a farmer's residence.