Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Domicile \Dom"i*cile\, n. [L. domicilium; domus house + (prob.)
root of celare to conceal: cf. F. domicile. See {Dome}, and
{Conceal}.]
1. An abode or mansion; a place of permanent residence,
either of an individual or a family.
2. (Law) A residence at a particular place accompanied with
an intention to remain there for an unlimited time; a
residence accepted as a final abode. --Wharton.
Domicile \Dom"i*cile\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Domiciled}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Domiciling}.] [Cf. F. domicilier. Cf. {Domiciliate}.]
To establish in a fixed residence, or a residence that
constitutes habitancy; to domiciliate. --Kent.
Source : WordNet®
domicile
n 1: (law) the residence where where you have your permanent home
or principal establishment and to where, whenever you
are absent, you intend to return; every person is
compelled to have one and and only one domicile at a
time; "what's his legal residence?" [syn: {legal
residence}]
2: housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest
dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide
homes for the homeless" [syn: {dwelling}, {home}, {abode},
{habitation}, {dwelling house}]
v : make one's home or live in; "She resides officially in
Iceland"; "I live in a 200-year old house"; "These people
inhabited all the islands that are now deserted"; "The
plains are sparsely populated" [syn: {dwell}, {shack}, {reside},
{live}, {inhabit}, {people}, {populate}, {domiciliate}]