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Reside vs Domicile - What's the difference?

reside | domicile |

As verbs the difference between reside and domicile

is that reside is while domicile is to have a domicile in a particular place.

As a noun domicile is

(formal) a home or residence.

reside

English

Verb

(resid)
  • To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to remain for a long time.
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    • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=6 citation , passage=The men resided in a huge bunk house, which consisted of one room only, with a shack outside where the cooking was done. In the large room were a dozen bunks?; half of them in a very dishevelled state, […]}}
  • To have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be as in attribute or element.
  • To sink; to settle, as sediment.

    • Related terms

    * residence * residency * resident * residential

    See also

    * abide * dwell * live * stay

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    domicile

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (formal) A home or residence.
    • The call to jury duty was sent to my legal domicile ; too bad I was on vacation at the time.
  • (legal) A residence at a particular place accompanied with an intention to remain there for an unlimited time; a residence accepted as a final abode.
    • (Wharton)

    Related terms

    * domiciled * domiciliary

    Verb

  • To have a domicile in a particular place.
    • The answer depends on in which state he was domiciled at his death.
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