Post by t-bob on Feb 24, 2019 10:04:17 GMT -5
HALIDOM
noun
1. a holy place, as a church or sanctuary.
Quotes
Most nations would reckon it a village, but it had its halidom, assembly hall, market, and busy little industries. -- Poul and Karen Anderson, "Faith," After the King: Stories in Honor of J. R. R. Tolkien, 1992 There are few more interesting spots in Great Britain than "Dewisland," or the "halidom" of St. David. -- W. A. B. Coolidge, "St. David's," The Cathedral Churches of England and Wales, 1884
Origin
Halidom is a rare word meaning “holy place, sanctuary.” Its Old English form, hāligdōm, is a compound formed of the adjective hālig “holy” and the abstract noun suffix -dōm (English -dom). Hāligdōm originally meant “holiness, sanctity” in Old English, but this sense was obsolete by the 17th century. The concrete senses of hāligdōm, "chapel, sanctuary” and “relic,” are as old as the abstract sense. Halidom entered English before 1000.
noun
1. a holy place, as a church or sanctuary.
Quotes
Most nations would reckon it a village, but it had its halidom, assembly hall, market, and busy little industries. -- Poul and Karen Anderson, "Faith," After the King: Stories in Honor of J. R. R. Tolkien, 1992 There are few more interesting spots in Great Britain than "Dewisland," or the "halidom" of St. David. -- W. A. B. Coolidge, "St. David's," The Cathedral Churches of England and Wales, 1884
Origin
Halidom is a rare word meaning “holy place, sanctuary.” Its Old English form, hāligdōm, is a compound formed of the adjective hālig “holy” and the abstract noun suffix -dōm (English -dom). Hāligdōm originally meant “holiness, sanctity” in Old English, but this sense was obsolete by the 17th century. The concrete senses of hāligdōm, "chapel, sanctuary” and “relic,” are as old as the abstract sense. Halidom entered English before 1000.