domicile
English
Alternative forms
- domicil (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English domicelle, domicylie, from Middle French domicile and directly from Latin domicilium.
Pronunciation
Noun
domicile (plural domiciles)
- (formal) A home or residence.
- The call to jury duty was sent to my legal domicile; too bad I was on vacation at the time.
- (law) A residence at a particular place accompanied with an intention to remain there for an unlimited time; a residence accepted as a final abode.
- 1838, Reports of Cases Decided in the Supreme Courts of Scotland:
- the status of marriage has been indelibly fixed by the English celebration; and by this decision, her domicile, as a married woman, has been held to be that of her husband
- (astrology) The zodiac sign over which a planet (a term which in astrology includes the Sun and Moon) is considered to have especially strong influence; the planet is called the sign's ruling planet or sign ruler.
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Translations
home or residence
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a residence accepted as a final abode
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Verb
domicile (third-person singular simple present domiciles, present participle domiciling, simple past and past participle domiciled)
- To have a domicile in a particular place.
- The answer depends on which state he was domiciled in at his death.
Derived terms
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin domicilium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɔ.mi.sil/
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Further reading
- “domicile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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