domicile
verb/ˈdɒmɪsaɪl/
/ˈdɑːmɪsaɪl/, /ˈdəʊmɪsaɪl/
be domiciled
- (formal or law) to treat a particular country as your permanent home
- to be domiciled in the United Kingdom
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- (especially North American English, formal) to live or be based in a place
- The company is domiciled in Jamaica.
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin domicilium ‘dwelling’, from domus ‘home’.
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