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Your domicile is defined as the place where you make your permanent home and where you are considered to be a permanent resident.

(noun)

An example of your domicile is the home state where you live.

See domicile in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a customary dwelling place; home; residence
Law one's fixed place of dwelling, where one intends to reside more or less permanently

Origin: ME domicelle < OFr domicile < L domicilium, a dwelling, home < domus: see dome

transitive verb domiciled, domiciling

to establish in a domicile

Related Forms:

domiciliary adjective

See domicile in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A residence; a home.
One's legal residence.

verb dom·i·ciled, dom·i·cil·ing, dom·i·ciles

verb, transitive

To establish (oneself or another person) in a residence.
To provide with often temporary lodging.

verb, intransitive

To reside; dwell.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English domicilie

Origin: , from Old French domicile

Origin: , from Latin domicilium

Origin: , from domus, house; see dem- in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

domˌi·cilˈi·arˌy (-sĭlˈē-ĕrˌē) adjective

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