residency

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun The position or term of a medical resident.
• noun The house of a colonial resident.
• noun The sphere of authority of a colonial resident.
• noun Residence.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun Same as residence.
• noun Specifically The official residence of a British resident at the court of a native prince in India.
• noun A province or administrative division in some of the islands of the Dutch East Indies.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun obsolescent Residence.
• noun A political agency at a native court in British India, held by an officer styled the Resident; also, a Dutch commercial colony or province in the East Indies.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun US The position or term of a medical resident
• noun The position of a musical artist who commonly performs at a particular venue
• noun The condition of being a resident of a particular place
• noun The home or residence of a person, especially in the colonies

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun the position of physician who is receiving special training in a hospital (usually after completing an internship)
• noun the act of dwelling in a place