Word Noun
abodement
n.
C2 Proficiency abode·ment
Definition
n.a place where someone lives, especially a home or a house. This is an old-fashioned word that you will mostly see in very old books or poems.
n.a place of residence or a dwelling. Archaic in modern usage; primarily found in historical or literary contexts.
Examples
“The knight returned to his abodement after the long journey.”
“The old manuscript describes the abodement of the monks as a quiet stone house in the valley.”
“While the term is rarely used in contemporary legal or architectural discourse, it appears frequently in the poetry of the late Middle Ages to describe the humble abodement of a wandering pilgrim.”
Etymology
From abode + -ment.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Level C2 · Proficiency
Frequency Rare
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