domicile

or dom·i·cil

[dom-uh-sahyl, -suh l, doh-muh-]

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noun

a place of residence; abode; house or home.

Law. a permanent legal residence.

verb (used with object), dom·i·ciled, dom·i·cil·ing.

to establish in a domicile.

Origin of domicile

1470–80; < Middle French < Latin domicilium, perhaps equivalent to *domicol(a) (domi-, combining form of domus house + -cola dweller; see colonus) + -ium -ium

Related formsun·dom·i·ciled, adjective

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Related Words for domiciled

reside, abide, provide, shelter, welcome, entertain, rent, contain, hold, suppress, conceal, accommodate, perch, house, hostel, squat, bunk, domicile, canton, station

Examples from the Web for domiciled

Historical Examples of domiciled

The rest of the Episcopalians are in Leinster—round Dublin—where 140,000 are domiciled.
Home Rule
Harold Spender
Of course, they would all have to be domiciled in the West Side.
A Little Miss Nobody
Amy Bell Marlowe
And he and his accomplice had been for days and nights domiciled with the Dictator!
The Dictator
Justin McCarthy
Two months had gone by and the Hawkins family were domiciled in Hawkeye.
The Gilded Age, Complete
Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner
In one of these Fred and Samson were domiciled; there was no such thing as a hotel.
Tracks of a Rolling Stone
Henry J. Coke

British Dictionary definitions for domiciled

domicile

domicil (ˈdɒmɪˌsɪl)

noun

a dwelling place

a permanent legal residence

British commerce the place where a bill of exchange is to be paid

verb Also: domiciliate (ˌdɒmɪˈsɪlɪˌeɪt)

to establish or be established in a dwelling place

Word Origin for domicile

C15: from Latin domicilium, from domus house

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Word Origin and History for domiciled

domicile

mid-15c., from Middle French domicile (14c.), from Latin domicilium, perhaps from domus "house" (see domestic) + colere "to dwell" (see colony). As a verb, it is first attested 1809. Related: Domiciled; domiciliary.