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English Dictionary: domicile by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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?"
    Synonym(s): 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"
    Synonym(s): dwelling, home, domicile, abode, habitation, dwelling house
v
  1. make one's home in a particular place or community; "may parents reside in Florida"
    Synonym(s): reside, shack, domicile, domiciliate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
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