residencyn.
/ˈrɛzᵻd(ə)nsi/, U.S. /ˈrɛz(ə)d(ə)nsi/ 1.
a. Christian Church. = residence n.1 1a. Cf. non-residency n. Now historical.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > [noun] > to fulfil requirements > specifically ecclesiastical
residencec1400
residency?1567
?1567 Def. Priestes Mariages (new ed.) sig. f.iiij I maruaile how this Ciuilian can be so impudent, to laie the greate faulte of all these disorders vpon the Patrones, as though thei had the orders of clerkes..in their residencies.
1590 Humble Motion with Submiss. 27 There wanteth residensy in many able men; there is no practise of preching in many resident.
c1613 Minute Acct. People of Anglesea (1860) 55 Of these that keep true residency, some keep indifferent houses, others deserve no great commendation.
1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 238 Residency, and Nonresidency, was a Theame formerly learned from the Canon Law, in which as also in the thing it self the Clergy were the onely skilfull men.
1736 F. Drake Eboracum ii. iii. 569 The custom of the ancient residency in the cathedral church of York was thus, that the dean, chantor, chancellor and treasurer, shall be accounted continual residents; not because they were always to reside, but only for the greater part of the year.
1856 Christian Remembrancer July 95 Some may think it difficult to determine whether the residency of [the Norman bishop] Ralph de Flambard was not a greater curse than the non-residency of Silvester de Gigles.
1999 J. J. Tyler Lord of Sacred City 56 It is possible to identify approximate patterns of residency and ascertain when bishops were absent for unusual periods.
b. gen. The fact or circumstance of being resident in a particular place. Also in extended use. rare in 18th cent.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > [noun]
wonningc960
bewistc1200
livingc1350
lodging1362
habitationc1374
indwellinga1382
dwellingc1384
inhabitinga1400
bidingc1400
inhabitationc1400
residencec1405
mansiona1425
winningc1425
demur1444
abodec1450
resianty1467
demurrance1509
resiance1566
place-being1567
residency1579
resiancy1580
commorancy1586
residing1587
inhabitance1588
abodement1592
commorance1594
habit1603
commoration1623
inwoning1647
inhabitancy1681
habitancy1792
domicile1835
occupying1849
abidal1850
tenancy1856
society > inhabiting and dwelling > [noun] > period of
residency1579
home-sitting1601
residence1611
the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun] > actually occupied
stead1246
sitec1400
station?1440
situation1542
residency1579
platform1589
region1664
1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin i. 2 It was..greatly honored..with the seate and residencie of the throne of Religion.
1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin i. 17 Constantinople, the soueraigne residencie of that Empire.
1604 tr. Constit. & Canons Ecclesiasticall 1603 xliv All those..shal after the dayes of their Residencie..presently repaire to their Benefices.
1654 A. Cokayne tr. G. F. Loredano Dianea ii. 114 Constancy may have residency in all things but the minds of Lovers.
1670 E. Maynwaring Vita Sana & Longa (new ed.) xvi. 148 Fear..chaseth the spirits to and fro from their residency and faculties.
1818 Ann. Reg. 1817 State Papers 299/2 It was the easy method of obtaining a settlement by residency of forty days, that brought parishes into a state of war against the poor, and against one another.
1966 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. 1964 xlii. 35 Shanty-..Irish, i.e., those who remain in the lower-class communities near the center of the city (or, irrespective of residency, preserve the social traits of the shanty Irish).
2006 Independent 25 June (Save & Spend section) 7/2 While some lenders are prepared to accept proof of residency (two items will be needed), others use credit scoring when considering mortgage applications.
c. A musician or ensemble's regular or long-term engagement at a club or other venue.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > a performance > [noun] > engagement > permanent
residency1966
1966 Melody Maker 7 May 5/3 Colin Smith..has left to take up a residency at London's Georgian Room.
1971 Melody Maker 4 Sept. 21 She moved back to Chicago and played long residencies there..as a pianist vocalist.
1998 Daily Tel. 31 July 25/1 Kylie Minogue arrived for a three-night residency at the Shepherd's Bush Empire on the back of a hugely successful tour of her native Australia.
2007 Time Out N.Y. 26 July 128/3 Pianist Dred Scott and his triomates have just self-released a new CD..which documents their long-running residency at the LES haunt.
2. The official residence of a representative of the Governor General or Viceroy (or formerly of the East India Company) at the court of an Indian state. Frequently attributive. Now historical.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > official residence > [noun]
solen1447
mansion house1546
residency1801
konak1852
white house1854
1774 Instr. Court Directors (E. India Company) 4 The Appointment to each Chiefship, or Residency, be determined by a separate Ballot of the Members of the Board.]
1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Proc. Parl. 19/1 The revenues and charges of Fort Marlbro', the chief Residency of Bencoolen.
1846 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 II. vi. 238 The Mahrattas entered the Residency grounds.
1854 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. Brit. India (ed. 3) 306 ‘The Residency’..containing the establishment of the Company's Resident at the court of his Highness the Nizam.
1877 Scribner's Monthly Sept. 601/2 We steam slowly along, past the English Residency with its beautiful gardens.
1902 E. Emerson Hist. 19th Cent. II. 1233 Lawrence brought all the European noncombatants within the Residency walls.
1958 L. van der Post Lost World of Kalahari v. 90 I spent the evening and night with the Resident and his wife..in the ample Residency.
1971 R. Russell tr. A. Ahmad Shore & Wave xv. 159 I once met Lord Mountbatten myself in Kashmir at a Residency lunch.
2000 Washington Times (Nexis) 10 Sept. b7 In Farrell's novel, the British of Krishnapur must cram into the residency, the largest structure in the cantonment, and defend it for several months against the onslaught of the local sepoys.
3. An administrative division in the Dutch East Indies. Cf. resident n.1 2b. Now historical.
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society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > an administrative division of territory > [noun] > in Dutch East Indies
residency1814
residence1889
1814 T. S. Raffles Substance of Minute on Java 156 In the different Residencies were provincial courts, styled landraads.
1861 J. W. B. Money Java I. 197 As president of the landraad, and as judge of the residency court.
1862 J. Rigg Dict. Sunda Lang. 40 Banyumas, a residency on the South coast of Java to the Eastward of the Priangan Regencies.
1924 Public Health Rep. (U.S. Public Health Service) 39 2813 Under dates of August 29 and September 2, 1924; epidemic smallpox was declared present in the Residencies of Pasoeroean, Rembang, and Soerabaya.
1949 Times 21 Oct. 3/4 In some parts of east Java, in the Malang residency, for example, the two groups are already seen to be working together.
1990 M. C. Williams Communism, Relig. & Revolt in Banten vi. 226 Despite the arrests of the Serang PKI leadership in August/September 1926, there was still widespread unrest around the residency capital in November.
2003 Agric. Hist. 77 591 The East Java Residencies of Pasuruan, Probolinggo, Besuki, and Madura also marketed and exported yams.
4. Chiefly North American. The position of resident (resident n.1 3); the period of specialized training during which a medical graduate holds this position.
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the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [noun] > hospital or clinic physician > intermediate hospital level > position of
residency1870
house appointment1888
housemanship1957
1870 St. Thomas's Hosp. Reports 1 505 316 [deaths occurred] during the combined residency of Mr. Bell and Mr. Mitchell.
1888 Proc. Philadelphia County Med. Soc. 9 299 The number of diabetics, as such, that were admitted into the hospital during Dr. Penrose's residency..were just three.
1924 Mod. Hospital 23 422/1 Residencies should also be offered in general hospitals.
1933 Southern Med. Jrnl. 26 773/2 I am not in sympathy with the prolonged residency extending over more than two years.
1958 F. G. Slaughter Daybreak i. i. 9 They were also competing for a residency on the Neurosurgical Service—a vitally important stepping-stone for an ambitious doctor on the last lap of his training.
1975 R. H. Rimmer Premar Exper. i. 66 I've got a friend who's an MD... He's doing his residency at Boston City Hospital.
2005 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 16 Aug. iii. 9/2 When he graduated, Dr. Kahanic decided on oculoplastic surgery and completed his residency in ophthalmology at the University of Southern California.
5. A group or organization of intelligence agents in a foreign country. Cf. resident n.1 4 and residentura n.
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society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > political police > [noun] > secret service agent > in a foreign country > group of
residency1959
residentura1963
rezidentsia1968
residence1969
1959 P. Deriabin & F. Gibney Secret World xv. 177 The terms ‘Resident’ and ‘Residency’, translations of the Russian Rezident and Rezidentura, are not to be confused either with U.S. legal terminology or the British colonial outposts on which the sun never sets.
1970 K. Benton Sole Agent xviii. 199 [He is]..supplied by the Soviet Illegal Residency here, in Lisbon, to help Rogov to get rid of the body.
1977 ‘J. le Carré’ Honourable Schoolboy iii. 53 What did he do up there..his networks blown to smithereens? His foreign residencies, his reptile fund frozen solid by the Treasury—they meant his operational accounts..and not a friend in Whitehall or Washington to call his own?
1991 Times (Nexis) 30 Nov. All KGB residencies around the world were alerted.
Compounds
C1. General attributive (in senses 1b, 4).
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1874 Memorials Rev. J. Rowland i. 16 Wymondley was a residency college, and absolute necessaries were provided for the students.
1938 Science 14 Jan. 34/1 It is increasingly important for specialty services to provide time during the residency period for training.
1955 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 55 614/3 A residency experience that is integrated well into the graduate program.
1971 Washington Post 20 Sept. a4/3 Police and MPs swept onto the campus of Saigon University, ostensibly to check residency cards.
1985 Christian Sci. Monitor 20 May 24 You must have ‘propiska’, the Moscow residency certificate that is only issued to students until graduation.
1994 N. DeMille Spencerville xxv. 275 We'll get you a residency hotel until you find something.
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residency application n.
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1956 Hospitals 16 Mar. 64/2 Examples of personal problems include the need for assistance with health problems of the intern or a member of his family and advice regarding residency applications.
2000 Mexican Stud. 16 180 Although Inez is undocumented, her husband has filed a residency application for her.
residency director n.
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1957 Jrnl. Med. Educ. 32 527 The residency director who discovers a language handicap after the foreign student has been accepted might find numerous facilities available on his own..university campus.
2002 IRB 24 12 David Dozema, MD, is an associate professor as well as vice chair and residency director.
residency order n.
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1968 Los Angeles Times 11 May i. 1/1 (headline) Douglas vacates state welfare residency order. Justice reverses himself; California relief costs could go up $24 million.
1993 Independent 26 Feb. 7/8 His lawyers had just told him that he had a good chance of gaining a residency order in the custody proceedings.
residency papers n.
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1964 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 5 Feb. 42 e/3 Juan Marichal, the pride and joy of the Giants' pitching staff, has taken preliminary steps to apply for residency papers in the United States.
1993 D. S. Olson Confessions Aubrey Beardsley (1994) xi. 237 Oscar..threatened to leave England for ever and take out residency papers in France.
residency permit n.
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1934 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 25 Nov. i. 4/4 Jan.17—Insull sought Greek citizenship. Residency permit renewed.
1995 L. Garrett Coming Plague (new ed.) xiv. 466 Bavaria's Interior Minister..announced that all prostitutes, civil service job applicants, drug addicts, immigrants, prisoners, and foreigners applying for extended residency permits would be required to undergo HIV blood tests.
residency programme n.
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1938 Science 14 Jan. 34/1 Certain changes have been made in the internship and residency programs in order to keep pace with this growing trend.
2004 B. Freeman Ultimate Guide to choosing Med. Specialty vii. 71 Any doctor can complete two separate residency programs and earn board certification in both disciplines.
residency requirement n.
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1905 Clin. Rev. Mar. 465 Thereafter, aside from very necessary residency requirements, he is a citizen voter the country over.
1970 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 2 Apr. 30/1 The controversial [abortion] measure contains no residency requirement and would allow a pregnancy to be terminated at any time.
1992 Philadelphia Inquirer 11 Oct. b1/5 The U.S. Constitution's vague wording on residency requirements for congressional service.
residency rights n.
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1896 Donahoe's Mag. Feb. 131/2 They have some alien residency rights which cannot be disregarded.
1955 New Mexican (Santa Fe, New Mexico) 8 Mar. 1/3 Agnew said the bill would provide state residency rights to all individuals living on government reservations during their ‘on force’ service.
2000 Times 7 Aug. i. 2/1 Vladimir Gusinsky..has prepared himself a bolt-hole in Gibraltar by winning residency rights under a new scheme to attract multimillionaires.
residency status n.
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1938 Internships & Residencies in N.Y. City, 1934–7 (N.Y. Comm. on Study of Hopsital Internships & Residencies) ix. 254 The trend appears to be definitely toward the introduction of experienced house officers of residency status.
1997 Independent 21 July i. 1/2 His decision to renew his residency status in the UK..could result in the Inland Revenue demanding a stake in his assets around the world.
residency training n.
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1937 Chicago Defender 9 Oct. 9/4 This is the only hospital besides the University of Kansas Medical School hospital recognized for residency training in pediatrics.
1994 W. Maples & M. Browning Dead Men do tell Tales ii. 23 Pathologists have medical degrees. They are doctors who have received residency training in pathology.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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