domicile

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun (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
  2. noun housing that someone is living in
  3. verb make one's home in a particular place or community

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English domicelle, domicylie, from Middle French domicile and directly from Latin domicilium.

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Synonyms

legal residence

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