Emily Dickinson Lexicon

MAN'SION, n. [L. mansio, from maneo, to dwell.]

1. Any place of residence; a house; a habitation. Thy mansion wants thee, Adam, rise. Milton. In my Father's house are many mansions. John xiv.
2. The house of the lord of a manor.
3. Residence; abode. These poets near our princes sleep, / And in one grave their mansions keep. Denham.