The meaning of some words, often used in colloquial speech, is not entirely clear. For example, the word "residence". This seems to be the place where high-ranking people are located and work - officials, deputies. On the other hand, so-called living quarters. And the word itself sounds strange enough for the Russian language.
What does it mean?
Residence is a word with several meanings:
- the location or working space of workers in power, the clergy and secular - from the patriarch, president or monarch to lower-ranking people;
- a dwelling in which official receptions of important guests are possible;
- the capital, the main city in which management is concentrated;
- Representation of a foreign state or a specific mission, which is permanent.
Thus, in speaking of a joke calling his apartment a residence, a person uses the word perfectly correctly, in accordance with one of its meanings. A residence is a place of residence, work, and the status of a city. For example, at the time of the Olympic Games in our country, Sochi was the residence. Another example is the Moscow residence of the patriarch. The leader of the church lives in this room and receives people who come to him on various issues, both priests and ordinary people.
In colloquial speech, “residence” is often used in an allegorical, humorous sense or with sarcasm. For example, when a person calls a residence a dog kennel or a terrarium with hamsters.
Where does this word come from?
The experts studying word formation and languages in general do not have full confidence in where the roots of the word "residence" are located, but many are inclined to its Latin origin.
There is no doubt only that in the Latin language there is the word residentia. In Latin, "residence" is the home of a member of the government, for example, a senator or emperor. Or the administrative building of any authority.