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halidom

/ˈhælɪdəm/

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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”).

noun halidoms · halidome · hallidome · halidame · holidam · hollidam

obsolete Holiness; sanctity; sacred honour. Now sure and by my hallidome ( quoth he ) / Ye a great master are in your degree
archaic A sanctuary; lands held of a religious foundation. […] save for Wodan, who had a richly bedecked halidom nearby.
archaic Something regarded as sacred; a holy relic. “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.”

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@misc{halidom_2026,
  title = {halidom},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/halidom},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}