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

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halidom

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

"By my halidom," said one, "a brave varlet this!"

From Five Children and It by Millar, H. R. (Harold Robert)

"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

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, this is more than I can bear!” cried Saint George.

From The Seven Champions of Christendom by Kingston, William Henry Giles