Domicile

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  domicile
       n 1: (law) the residence where 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 and only one domicile at a
            time; "what's his legal residence?" [syn: {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}, {abode},
           {habitation}, {dwelling house}]
       v : make one's home or live in; "She resides officially in
           Iceland"; "I live in a 200-year old house"; "These people
           inhabited all the islands that are now deserted"; "The
           plains are sparsely populated" [syn: {dwell}, {shack}, {reside},
            {live}, {inhabit}, {people}, {populate}, {domiciliate}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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