halidom

American  

[hal-i-duhm] / ˈhæl ɪ dəm /

Also halidome

noun

1. a holy place, as a church or sanctuary.

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halidom British  

/ ˈhælɪdəm /

noun

1. archaic a holy place or thing

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Etymology

Origin of halidom

before 1000; Middle English; Old English hāligdōm. See holy, -dom

Example Sentences

Well, come, sir, will your stomach serve you? by gog's blue hood and halidom, I will have a bout with you.

From Locrine/Mucedorus by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)

By my halidom," mentally ejaculated Barty, "I sincerely wish thee joy and life‑long happiness, good Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe.

From The Martian by Du Maurier, George

By my halidom the valor trickleth down my knightly chin as I pen these few lines, and my shirt cleaveth to my back like a porous plaster.

From Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2 by Thompson, Slason

By my halidom," said he, "we have forgotten, Sir Prior, to name the fair Sovereign of Love and of Beauty, by whose white hand the palm is to be distributed.

From Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter, Sir

By my halidom, my lord, there is none who would take her to be other than she appears.

From In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls by De Land, Clyde Osmer