Domicile

//ˈdɑ.mɪ.saɪl// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A home or residence. formal

    "The call to jury duty was sent to my legal domicile; too bad I was on vacation at the time."

  2. 2
    housing that someone is living in wordnet
  3. 3
    A residence at a particular place accompanied with an intention to remain there for an unlimited time; a residence accepted as a final abode.

    "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"

  4. 4
    (law) the residence where you have your permanent home or principal establishment and to where, whenever you are absent, you intend to return; every person is compelled to have one and only one domicile at a time wordnet
  5. 5
    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.
Verb
  1. 1
    To have a domicile in a particular place.

    "The answer depends on which state he was domiciled in at his death."

  2. 2
    make one's home in a particular place or community wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English domicelle, domicylie, from Middle French domicile and directly from Latin domicilium.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle English domicelle, domicylie, from Middle French domicile and directly from Latin domicilium.

Next best steps

Mini challenge

Unscramble this word: domicile