residence
2. The fact of living or staying regularly at or in some place for the discharge of special duties, or to comply with some regulation; also, the period during which such stay is required of one. Now freq. in phrase in residence.
b. In other connexions, as with ref. to colleges or universities, electoral rights, etc. Used spec. with reference to a residential post held by an artist, poet, sculptor, writer, etc., within a community or institution for the purpose of teaching his craft or influencing communal life. Also transf. (freq. joc.). Cf. also poet-in-residence (POET 1e).