residency

From reside +‎ -ency or resident +‎ -cy.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛzɪdənsi/

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residency (countable and uncountable, plural residencies)

1. The condition of being a resident of a particular place.
2. The home or residence of a person, especially in the colonies.
3. (US, healthcare) The position or term of a medical resident.
4. The position of a musical artist who commonly performs at a particular venue.

   The trance DJ was keen to secure a residency in Ibiza.

   • 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 254:

     After a successful Thursday-night residency at the Marquee Club—where the Yardbirds, the Animals, and the Rolling Stones first earned their reputations—England's CBS label signed the group to a recording contract.

5. (espionage) Synonym of rezidentura.

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “residency”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “residency”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.