Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) Holiness; sanctity; sacred honour.

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(archaic) A sanctuary; lands held of a religious foundation.

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(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