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dwelling place

noun

  1. a dwelling.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dwelling place1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

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Example Sentences

If God exists, then God has (or had) a body and a dwelling place.

Thou hast exalted my dwelling place upon the earth and I have prayed for death to pass away.

Dick had also gone over the house, and had taken note of the many features of his new dwelling-place.

How shall we enclose the power of such majesty in one dwelling-place?

He had no certain dwelling-place, no certain stipend, and bestowed all he got on works of charity.

No sound broke the stillness of this deserted dwelling-place.

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