mansionry

English

Etymology

From mansion +‎ -ry?

Noun

mansionry (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) The state of dwelling or residing; occupancy.
   • c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene vi]:

     This guest of summer, the temple-haunting martlet, does approve by his mansionry that the heaven's breath smells wooingly here.

   • 1876, Robert Browning, "St. Martin's Summer"

     And warns us have in wholesome awe / Durable mansionry

References

• “mansionry”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.