Residenzn.
/ˌrɛzᵻˈdɛn(t)s/, U.S. /ˌrɛzəˈdɛn(t)s/ The building in which a German princely court resided before 1918; (also) = Residenzstadt n.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > dwelling of king or ruler > [noun]
hall971
fleta1000
saleOE
courta1175
palacec1300
praetoryc1384
praetorium1536
serail1585
seraglio1589
serai1617
sirkar1619
alcazar1623
alkedavy1631
palaisc1660
Residenz1824
istana1839
arch-house1876
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > other types of town
country town1598
post town1635
Residenz1824
garden town1835
Residenzstadt1841
hometown1851
tin town1884
ghost town1894
new town1918
shopping strip1935
twin town1955
1824 tr. E. T. A. Hoffmann Devil's Elixir II. xviii. 264 I determined to avoid the residenz of the Prince.
1840 W. M. Thackeray in Fraser's Mag. Aug. 151/2 Twice as many people in the streets as you see at midday in a German residenz or an English provincial town.
1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxiii. 570 Troops of people..flock to the Residenz and share in the pleasures of the fair and the festivities there.
1853 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Dec. 635/1 All the world knows that Hanover is a Residenz.
1915 F. H. Burnett Lost Prince xxii. 215 But I want to know who lives at the Residenz?
1965 Observer 9 May 40/7 The State apartments in the old Kings' Residenz..are being repainted.
1996 L. Al-Hafidh et al. Europe: Rough Guide (ed. 3) ii. ix. 435 Bracketed by the river and the Residenz, the old town [of Würzburg] is focused on the Marktplatz, where a daily food market ensures a lively bustle.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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