domicile
To have a domicile in a particular placeTo have a domicile in a particular place.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Meaning
1 sensesTo have a domicile in a particular place.
The answer depends on which state he was domiciled in at his death.
make one's home in a particular place or community
Examples
3 sentencesHe saw her to her home and then hastened to his own humble domicile.
The conflagration, abetted by fuel that residents stored in their domiciles, razed tin-roofed shacks.
deDie Feuersbrunst, begünstigt durch Brennstoff, den Bewohner bei sich lagerten, machte zinngedeckte Hütten dem Erdboden gleich. — Yorwba · CC BY 2.0 FR
The company moved its corporate domicile to Hong Kong for tax purposes.
ruКомпания перенесла свою юридическую регистрацию в Гонконг по налоговым соображениям. — stixx
deDie Firma hat die Konzernzentrale aus steuerlichen Gründen nach Hongkong verlegt. — Esperantostern
Origin
Inherited from Middle English domicelle, domicylie, from Middle French domicile and directInherited from Middle English domicelle, domicylie, from Middle French domicile and directly from Latin domicilium.
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Forms
domiciles, domiciling, domiciled, domiciledSynonyms
3 synonyms- make one's home in a particular place or community:resideshackdomiciliate
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.