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domicile

Dictionary definition · domicile

noun

  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?"
  2. housing that someone is living in"he built a modest dwelling near the pond"

verb

  1. make one's home in a particular place or community"my parents reside in Florida"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).