halidom
/ˈhælɪdəm/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Now sure and by my hallidome ( quoth he ) / Ye a great master are in your degree"
- "Now he's put the final seal on his Kingship, his halidom, by slaying a challenger in the Wood."
- "[…] save for Wodan, who had a richly bedecked halidom nearby."
- "“By my halidom,” said he, “we have forgotten, Sir Prior, to name the fair Sovereign of Love and of Beauty, by whose white hand the palm is to be distributed.”"
Etymology
From Middle English halidom, haliȝdom, from Old English hāliġdōm (“holiness, righteousness, sanctity; holy place, sanctuary, chapel; relics, holy things; holy office; sacrament; holy doctrines”), corresponding to holy + -dom, from Proto-Germanic *hailagadōmaz. Cognate with Dutch heiligdom (“sanctuary, shrine”), German Heiligtum (“sanctuary, shrine, holy relic”), Swedish helgedom (“shrine, sanctuary, temple, sanctum”), Icelandic helgidómur (“sanctuary, holy relic”).
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Inflected Forms
halidoms (plural)
halidome (alternative)
hallidome (alternative)
halidame (alternative)
holidam (alternative)
hollidam (alternative)
holydam (alternative)
holydame (alternative)
holidame (alternative)