domicile

dom·i·cile  (dm-sl, -sl, dm-)

n.

1. A residence; a home.

2. One's legal residence.

v. dom·i·ciled, dom·i·cil·ing, dom·i·ciles

v.tr.

1. To establish (oneself or another person) in a residence.

2. To provide with often temporary lodging.

v.intr.

To reside; dwell.

---

[Middle English domicilie, from Old French domicile, from Latin domicilium, from domus, house; see dem- in Indo-European roots.]

---

domi·cili·ary (-sl-r) adj.

---

domicile [ˈdɒmɪˌsaɪl], domicil [ˈdɒmɪsɪl] Formal

n

1. a dwelling place

2. (Law) a permanent legal residence

3. (Business / Commerce) Commerce Brit the place where a bill of exchange is to be paid

vb also domiciliate [ˌdɒmɪˈsɪlɪˌeɪt]

to establish or be established in a dwelling place

[from Latin domicilium, from domus house]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	domicile - (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?" legal residence law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" abode, residence - any address at which you dwell more than temporarily; "a person can have several residences"
	2.	domicile - housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless" dwelling, dwelling house, habitation, home, abode bathroom, bath - a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet bedchamber, bedroom, sleeping accommodation, sleeping room, chamber - a room used primarily for sleeping cliff dwelling - a rock and adobe dwelling built on sheltered ledges in the sides of a cliff; "the Anasazi built cliff dwellings in the southwestern United States" condo, condominium - one of the dwelling units in a condominium den - a room that is comfortable and secluded dinette - a small area off of a kitchen that is used for dining dining room, dining-room - a room used for dining dressing room - a room in which you can change clothes family room - a recreation room in a private house fixer-upper - a house or other dwelling in need of repair (usually offered for sale at a low price) fireside, hearth - home symbolized as a part of the fireplace; "driven from hearth and home"; "fighting in defense of their firesides" hermitage - the abode of a hermit homestead - dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land house - a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families; "he has a house on Cape Cod"; "she felt she had to get out of the house" housing, living accommodations, lodging - structures collectively in which people are housed kitchen - a room equipped for preparing meals lake dwelling, pile dwelling - dwelling built on piles in or near a lake; specifically in prehistoric villages front room, living room, living-room, sitting room, parlor, parlour - a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax indian lodge, lodge - any of various Native American dwellings messuage - (law) a dwelling house and its adjacent buildings and the adjacent land used by the household semi-detached house - a dwelling that is attached to something on only one side vacation home - a dwelling (a second home) where you live while you are on vacation yurt - a circular domed dwelling that is portable and self-supporting; originally used by nomadic Mongol and Turkic people of central Asia but now used as inexpensive alternative or temporary housing
Verb	1.	domicile - make one's home in a particular place or community; "may parents reside in Florida" domiciliate, reside, shack rusticate - live in the country and lead a rustic life inhabit, live, populate, dwell - inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods"

---

domicile

noun dwelling, home, residence, house, settlement, pad (slang), residency, abode, habitation, legal residence They had moved their domicile to Bermuda in 1984.

Translations

domicile [ˈdɒmɪsaɪl] (frm)

A. N (also place of domicile) → domicilio m

B. VT to be domiciled in → tener domicilio en

domicile [ˈdɒmɪsaɪl] n → domicile m

domicile (form)

n (Admin) → Wohnsitz m; (Fin) → Zahlungs- or Erfüllungsort m

vt (Admin) → unterbringen (→ with bei, in +dat); (Fin) → domizilieren (at bei); he is currently domiciled in Berlin → er ist zurzeit in Berlin wohnhaft (form)

domicile [ˈdɒmɪˌsaɪl] n (frm) → domicilio

---

domicile [ˈdɒmɪˌsaɪl] n (frm) → domicilio