domicile

noun

housing that someone is living in

(law) the residence where you have your permanent home or principal establishment and to where, whenever you are absent, you intend to return

verb

make one's home in a particular place or community

Roots

domusdom- · Latin · house, home

Synonyms for domicile

aboden dwellingn domiciliatev habitationn residev residencen homen commorancyadj residencyn housen

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