Owndom
//ˈoʊn.dəm// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Property. countable, uncommon, uncountable
"The past is our own, the present is the owndom of the future."
- 2 Personal belongings; possessions. countable, uncommon, uncountable
- 3 A characteristic; quality; attribute; trait. countable, uncommon, uncountable
- 4 Ownership; possession. countable, uncommon, uncountable
"The king answers, and began first to say how Harold fair-hair had owned all the allodial land the Orkneys, "but the earls have held it since in fief, but never as their owndom[…]""
- 5 Control of oneself; self-mastery. countable, uncommon, uncountable
Example
More examples"The past is our own, the present is the owndom of the future."
Etymology
From own + -dom, a calque of German Eigentum (“property”), from eigen (“own”) + -tum (“-dom”). Compare Saterland Frisian Oaindum (“property, possession”), Dutch eigendom, West Frisian eigendom.
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