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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun also domicil Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin domicilium, from domus Date: 15th century 1. a dwelling place ; place of residence ; home 2. a. a person's fixed, permanent, and principal home for legal purposes b. residence 2b II. transitive verb (-ciled; -ciling) Date: 1809 to establish in or provide with a domicile

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. (also domicil) --n. 1 a dwelling-place; one's home. 2 Law a a place of permanent residence. b the fact of residing. 3 the place at which a bill of exchange is made payable. --v.tr. 1 (usu. as domiciled adj.) (usu. foll. by at, in) establish or settle in a place. 2 (usu. foll. by at) make (a bill of exchange) payable at a certain place. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L domicilium f. domus home

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Domicile Dom"i*cile, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Domiciled; p. pr. & vb. n. Domiciling.] [Cf. F. domicilier. Cf. Domiciliate.] To establish in a fixed residence, or a residence that constitutes habitancy; to domiciliate. --Kent.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(domiciles) Your domicile is the place where you live. (FORMAL) = abode N-COUNT: oft with poss

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. Habitation, dwelling, residence, abode, home, mansion, place of abode, place of residence. II. v. a.; (also domiciliate) Establish in a fixed residence.

Moby Thesaurus

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