abiding-place

See also: abiding place

English

Alternative forms

• abiding place

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈbaɪ.dɪŋ pleɪs/

Noun

abiding-place (plural abiding-places)

1. The place where one abides; a permanent dwelling-place.
2. a place of rest; a resting-place.
   • 1880–1881, Thomas Hardy, chapter VII, in A Laodicean; or, The Castle of the De Stancys. A Story of To-day. […], volume II, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, […], published 1881, →OCLC, book the third (De Stancy), page 143:

     [H]e determined (with an eye rather to heart-interests than to increasing his professional practice) to make, as before, the castle itself his office, studio, and chief abiding place till the works were fairly in progress.

Synonyms

• abode
• dwelling
• dwelling-place
• home
• residence
• resort

Translations

Translations

• Dutch: woonplaats (nl) m,

References

• “abiding-place”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.