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Webster 1913 Edition

Halidom

Hal′i-dom

(hăl′ĭ-dŭm)
,
Noun.
[AS.
hāligdōm
holiness, sacrament, sanctuary, relics;
hālig
holy +
-dōm
, E.
-dom
. See
Holy
.]
1.
Holiness; sanctity; sacred oath; sacred things; sanctuary; – used chiefly in oaths.
[Archaic]
So God me help and
halidom
.
Piers Plowman.
By my
halidom
, I was fast asleep.
Shakespeare
2.
Holy doom; the Last Day.
[R.]
Shipley.

Webster 1828 Edition

Halidom

HAL'IDOM

,
Noun.
Adjuration by what is holy.

Definition 2024

halidom

halidom

English

Alternative forms

  • halidome
  • halidame, holidame (erroneous)
  • hollidam
  • holydam, holydame

Noun

halidom ‎(plural halidoms)

  1. (obsolete) Holiness; sanctity; sacred honour.
    • 1987, Poul and Karen Anderson, The King of Ys (SciFi), page 422:
      Now he's put the final seal on his Kingship, his halidom, by slaying a challenger in the Wood.
  2. (archaic) A sanctuary; lands held of a religious foundation.
    • 1983, Poul Anderson, Time Patrolman (SciFi), Tom Doherty Associates, ISBN 9780812530766:
      … save for Wodan, who had a richly bedecked halidom nearby.
  3. (archaic) Something regarded as sacred; a holy relic.
    • 1819: “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.” — Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

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. Cognate with Dutch heiligdom ‎(“sanctuary, shrine”), German Heiligtum ‎(“sanctuary, shrine, holy relic”), Swedish helgedom ‎(“shrine, sanctuary, temple, sanctum”), Icelandic helgidómur ‎(“sanctuary, holy relic”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhælɪdəm/

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