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lodgings

  • /ˈlɑd͡ʒɪŋz/ US
  • /ˈlɒd͡ʒɪŋz/ UK

noun

  1. plural plural of lodging

noun

  1. plural, plural only A room or set of rooms in another person's house where a person lodges. Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head.
  2. historical, plural, plural only A furnished room or suite of rooms rented within a private house as a temporary or semi-permanent accommodation, often including a baseline of domestic service. '[…] I saw her placed in comfortable lodgings, and under proper attendants; I visited her every day during the rest of her short life; I was with her in her last moments.'
  3. plural, plural only An official residence.

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noun room or set of rooms in another person's house where a person lodges

Русскийжильё žilʹjó, жили́ще žilíšče, берло́га berlóga

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@misc{lodgings_2026,
  title = {lodgings},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lodgings},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}