halidom
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of halidom
before 1000; Middle English; Old English hāligdōm. See holy, -dom
Example Sentences
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Halibut means holy butt, the latter word being an old name for flat fish; for this form of holy cf. halidom.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
Now, by my halidom and honest faith, This gentlewoman shall witness what I swear.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various
Halte-là!" interrupted the student, theatrically; "for by my halidom, sirs, I said not a syllable in disparagement of the house yelept Dorée!
From In the Days of My Youth by Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford
"Did yon lusty trencherman of Annie Laurie's but put a few more layers of goodly flesh about his ribs, thereby projecting more his frontal Falstaffian proportions, by my halidom, he would have to joust tandem!"
From A Knight of the Cumberland by Fox, John
By my halidom, Comrade Gooch, that gentleman whose name you are so shortly to tell us has a very fair idea of how to charge!
From Psmith, Journalist by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
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