The plural of residence; homes where people live or official houses of important people.
From Latin 'residentia', derived from 'residere' (to sit back, remain, dwell), from 're-' (back) and 'sedere' (to sit). The word originally meant 'the act of residing' but came to mean the place where one resides.
A president's residence holds political weight in language itself—saying 'the White House' instead of 'the president's residence' is shorter but loses the geographical specificity that 'residence' provides. Different cultures have formal names for royal residences (Buckingham Palace, the Forbidden City), showing how architecture encodes power.
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