abode
n. countablen. the place where someone lives. It is a more formal or old-fashioned way to say 'home'.
n. a place of residence or dwelling. Often used in legal contexts to establish a permanent address or in literary contexts for stylistic effect.
Welcome to my humble abode.
The defendant had no fixed abode at the time of the arrest, making it difficult for the court to serve the summons.
After years of traveling across the continent, the weary explorer finally established a permanent abode in a quiet coastal village, far from the noise of the capital.
From Middle English abod, abad, from Old English *ābād, related to ābīdan (“to abide”); see abide. Cognate with Scots abade, abaid (“abode”). For the change of nouns, compare abode, preterite of abide.
From an alteration (with bode) of Middle English abeden (“to announce”), from Old English ābēodan (“to command, proclaim”), from a- + bēodan (“to command, proclaim”). Superficial analysis is a- + bode (“presage, portend, announce”).
Commonly appears in the fixed phrase 'of no fixed abode' within legal and police reports.