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▪ I. residential, a.1 and n.|rɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl|
[See residence n.1 and -al1. So Sp. residencial, It. -enziale.]
A. adj.
1. a. Serving or used as a residence; in which one resides.
1654Gayton Pleas. Notes iv. 213 Let him see The Residential Court of Chastity. 1690Norris Beatitudes (1692) 163 To his fix'd Dwelling and Residential Abode among us. 1718J. Fox Wanderer No. 8. 43 The residential Palace of a Monarch, beautify'd with a delightful Park. 1740Waterland Regeneration 13 In Baptism, the same Spirit fixes, as it were, his Dwelling, or residential Abode. 1886Fortn. Rev. XXXIX. 24 It [sc. a medical college for women] has no residential hall, nor is it desirable perhaps that it should have any. 1910Bradshaw's Railway Guide Apr. 1009 Imperial Hotel. First-class family and residential. 1923W. J. Locke Moordius & Co. xxiii. 308 An untidy boarding-house in Torrington Square, Bloomsbury, which called itself a Residential Hotel. 1943[see neighbourhood unit s.v. neighbourhood 7]. 1960Times 21 Mar. 8/5 Oxford, Cambridge and the other residential universities enjoy special prestige compared with the civic universities. 1963Specification & Recommendations for Permanent Residential Caravans (B.S. 3632) 4 The term ‘Permanent residential caravan’ means a structure with a wheeled chassis..designed for use as a permanent dwelling..and so constructed as to be movable by towing or other methods of transport. Hereinafter the term ‘residential caravan’ will be used for brevity. 1969Sunday Times (Colour Suppl.) 9 Nov. 85/4 The residential towers in flat units will next year house only 400 students. 1977Times Educ. Suppl. 21 Oct. 56/2 (Advt.), Required..a head teacher for this newly opening..residential school for maladjusted boys of secondary age. 1981J. Carey John Donne i. 23 The Inns of Court..operated like residential clubs or hotels.
b. Adapted or suitable for the residence of those belonging to the better class; characterized by houses of a superior kind.
1878F. S. Williams Midl. Railw. 219 The landowner alleged that the line would injure a considerable residential estate. 1882Nature XXVII. 70 Sixty to be residential districts, and sixty..comparatively poor neighbourhoods. 1900H. A. Jones Mrs. Dane's Defence iii. 49 My dear Sir Daniel, we live in a residential neighbourhood..and what possible occupation is there..except to discuss scandal. 1922Joyce Ulysses 647 A phenomenally beautiful tenor voice like that..could easily..procure for its fortunate possessor..an entrée into fashionable houses in the best residential quarters. 1981J. B. Hilton Playground of Death iv. 46 Below was the black tumour of a residential area.
2. Connected with, pertaining or relating to, residence or residences (in general or specific sense).
1856Illustr. Lond. News XXIX. 172/1 It is thought that the locality will be much sought after for villa residences, and thus obtain a residential traffic. 1857Smiles Stephenson (1859) 172 Witnesses were called to prove residential injury which would be caused by the..smoke and fire from the locomotives. 1869Bradshaw's Railway Man. XXI. 298 The moderate advance of rates..did not affect the ‘residential’ or periodical and season tickets. 1881Nation XXXII. 178 Fixing the residential qualification of voters. 1934Webster, Residential zone. 1952Density of Residential Areas (Ministry of Housing & Local Govt.) 1/1 The term ‘residential density’..signifies the degree of closeness with which dwellings, and hence the people occupying them, are arranged in the residential areas of towns and villages. 1961E. A. Powdrill Vocab. Land Planning v. 97 The residential zone will become an industrial and commercial zone and so creating [sic] new problems. 1974Drive Autumn 110/2 Disc parking and residential parking schemes, plus a maze of one-way streets, make life harder for motorists. 1977Age (Melbourne) 18 Jan. 8/3 Parents doing residential adoptions (i.e. going to the country of the child's origin) are approved by the host country.
3. Of or belonging to a Resident. rare.
1885Glasgow Her. 4 Dec. 6/3 A British Resident—or, to speak correctly, a British official endowed with Residential powers, has been established in Mandalay.
B. as n. A residential hotel.
1953K. Tennant Joyful Condemned xxxvi. 351 Margot took down from Stella the address of the residential where she and Dorsie were staying. 1954J. Symons Narrowing Circle xxix. 129 She had a connection with the Gongora Residential. 1973Nation Rev. (Melbourne) 31 Aug. 1450/1 The..premises..have been an inconspicuous residential for the past three years.
▪ II. † resiˈdential, a.2 Obs. rare.
[f. resident n.2]
Left as a residuum.
1651Biggs New Disp. ⁋213 As if the whole heap of evill were taken away at once,..but the good had been residentiall about the parenchymatick Laboratorie of the Liver. |