halidom
English
/ˈhælɪdəm/
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) Holiness; sanctity; sacred honour.
- (archaic) A sanctuary; lands held of a religious foundation.
- (archaic) Something regarded as sacred; a holy relic.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English halidom inherited from Old English hāliġdōm (sanctity, sanctuary, relics, holiness, chapel, sacrament, holy things, holy doctrines, righteousness, holy office, holy place) suffix from English holy derived from Proto-Germanic *hailagadōmaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hailagadōmaz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Holy Book English
- Holy Spirit English
- Holy Trinity English
- Holyrood English
- Holywell English
- Holywood English
- halibut English
- holiday English
- holily English
- holiness English
- holinight English
- holy English
- holy fire English
- holy water English
- holystone English
- nonholy English
- overholy English
- pope-holy English
- unholy English
- whole English
- Heiligtum German
- heilig German
- boomheiligdom Dutch, Flemish
- heilig Dutch, Flemish
- heiligdom Dutch, Flemish
- *hailagadōmaz Proto-Germanic
- hāliġdōm Old English
- halidom Middle English
- holi Middle English
- heilichdom Middle Dutch
- holi Tok Pisin