domicile
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
domicile
n 1: (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; "what's his legal
residence?" [syn: {domicile}, {legal residence}]
2: housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest
dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes
for the homeless" [syn: {dwelling}, {home}, {domicile},
{abode}, {habitation}, {dwelling house}]
v 1: make one's home in a particular place or community; "may
parents reside in Florida" [syn: {reside}, {shack},
{domicile}, {domiciliate}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Domicile \Dom"i*cile\, n. [L. domicilium; domus house + (prob.)
root of celare to conceal: cf. F. domicile. See {Dome}, and
{Conceal}.]
1. An abode or mansion; a place of permanent residence,
either of an individual or a family.
[1913 Webster]
2. (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. --Wharton.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
65 Moby Thesaurus words for "domicile":
abide, abiding place, abode, accommodations, address, bed, berth,
bestow, billet, board, bunk, cantonment, cohabit, commorancy,
crash pad, crib, diggings, digs, domiciliate, domus, doss down,
dwell, dwelling, dwelling place, entertain, establish, habitation,
hang out, harbor, home, house, housing, hut, inhabit, live,
living quarters, locate, lodge, lodging, lodging place, lodgings,
lodgment, nest, occupy, pad, perch, place, place to live, put up,
quarter, remain, reside, residence, residency, roof, room, roost,
seat, settle, shelter, situate, squat, stable, stay, tenant
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