MANSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mansion mean? 

• MANSION (noun)
  The noun MANSION has 2 senses:

1. (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided

2. a large and imposing house

  Familiarity information: MANSION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MANSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

house; mansion; planetary house; sign; sign of the zodiac; star sign

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A large and imposing house

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

hall; manse; mansion; mansion house; residence

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)

 Context examples 

It seems to me a splendid mansion, sir.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

"How shall I behave here?" she asked, as they approached the third mansion.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

An old red-brick mansion, used as a school, was in its place; and a fine old house it must have been to go to school at, as I recollect it.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

A few minutes later, we had stopped at a large mansion in the busiest thoroughfare.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Having once told me that the Piccadilly house—which throughout our interview he called a "mansion"—was sold, he considered my business as concluded.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

The other mansions belonged to prosaic and respectable people who live far aloof from romance.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A very gracious invitation was returned, and the evening no longer dreaded by the fair mistress of the mansion.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

From amid the branches there jutted out the grey gables and high roof-tree of a very old mansion.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You are aware that this mansion is one of the oldest in England; but you are not aware that it has been built with a very special eye to concealment, that there are no less than two habitable secret chambers, and that the outer or thicker walls are tunnelled into passages.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Uppercross was a moderate-sized village, which a few years back had been completely in the old English style, containing only two houses superior in appearance to those of the yeomen and labourers; the mansion of the squire, with its high walls, great gates, and old trees, substantial and unmodernized, and the compact, tight parsonage, enclosed in its own neat garden, with a vine and a pear-tree trained round its casements; but upon the marriage of the young 'squire, it had received the improvement of a farm-house elevated into a cottage, for his residence, and Uppercross Cottage, with its veranda, French windows, and other prettiness, was quite as likely to catch the traveller's eye as the more consistent and considerable aspect and premises of the Great House, about a quarter of a mile farther on.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)