mansioun

mansioun (plural mansiouns)

1. Obsolete spelling of mansion

• mansion, mansyon, mansione, mancioun, manysoun, mansyoun, mancyon, mancion

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman mansion, mansiun, from Latin mansiō.

• IPA^(key): /manˈsjuːn/, /ˈmansjun/

mansioun (plural mansiouns)

1. A place where one makes their home or dwells; a home:
   1. A house, hostel, palace, etc; a purpose-built dwelling or habitation.
   2. A heavenly habitation or abode.
   3. (figuratively) The abode of a human behaviour.
   4. (rare) An animal's dwelling or abode.
   5. (rare) A temporary waypoint on a journey.
2. The action of living somewhere; residence.
3. An astrological house or mansion.

• English: mansion

• “mansiǒun (n.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-20.