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   domicile

   /ˈdɒmɪsɪl/

   noun

   • 1. the country that a person treats as their permanent home, or lives in and has a substantial connection with: "his wife has a domicile of origin in Germany"
   • ▪ a person's residence or home: "the builder I've hired to renovate my new domicile"
   • ▪ the place at which a company or other body is registered, especially for tax purposes.

   verb

   • 1. treat a specified country as a permanent home: formal "the tenant is domiciled in the United Kingdom"
   • ▪ reside or be based: formal "he was domiciled in a frame house in the outskirts of Bogotá"

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin domicilium ‘dwelling’, from domus ‘home’.

   Scrabble Points: 13

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