halidom

C2+ Topic:Places & Geography

US /ˈhælɪdəm/ UK /ˈhælɪdəm/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
a holy place or sacred thing, often invoked in solemn oaths

By my halidom, he swore he would never break his word.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a holy place or sacred... sanctuary sanctity holiness

Word family

Related forms holy hallow hallowed

Etymology

From Old English hāligdōm ('holiness, sanctuary, holy relic'), from hālig ('holy') + -dōm (the suffix forming nouns of state or domain).

hāligdōm Old English hālig Old English

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Topics

Places & Geography Word Formation & Derivatives

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# halidom

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈhælɪdəm/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈhælɪdəm/

## Meanings
1. a holy place or sacred thing, often invoked in solemn oaths

## Examples
- By my halidom, he swore he would never break his word.

## Synonyms
- sanctuary
- sanctity
- holiness

## Related Forms
- holy
- hallow
- hallowed

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: hāligdōm
- Root: hālig

## Etymology
From Old English hāligdōm ('holiness, sanctuary, holy relic'), from hālig ('holy') + -dōm (the suffix forming nouns of state or domain).

## AI Etymology
halidom comes from Old English hāligdōm ('holiness, sanctuary, holy relic'), from hālig ('holy') + -dōm (the suffix forming nouns of state or domain). Morphologically, the ending is part of the etymology: the suffix is attached to the older base named in the history, producing a later English derivative. In present English, the noun sense is "a holy place or sacred thing, often invoked in solemn oaths", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as holy, hallow, and hallowed. Its semantic neighborhood includes sanctuary, sanctity, and holiness, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Old English hāligdōm and Old English hālig.

## Topics
- Places & Geography
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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