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Hôtels: iMansions. -^oiïcQ. — Maison, hotd, palais, château, **Les bourgeois occupent des maisons ; les grands, les riches, à la vil e, occupent des hôtels ; les rois, les princes, es évêques y ont des palais; les seigneurs, ^les riches ont des châteaux dans leurs terres. — Littré.