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Definition: Domiciliary |
DomiciliaryAdjective1. Of or relating to or provided in a domicile; "domiciliary medical care"; "domiciliary caves". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "domiciliary" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Inhabitant | Adjective: indigenous; native, natal; autochthonal, autochthonous; British; English; American; Canadian, Irish, Scotch, Scottish, Welsh; domestic; domiciliated, domiciled; naturalized, vernacular, domesticated; domiciliary. |
Inquiry | Reconnoitering, reconnaissance; prying; Verb: espionage, espionnage; domiciliary visit, peep behind the curtain; lantern of Diogenes. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Domiciliary |
| Specialty definitions using "domiciliary": domiciliary administration, domiciliary executor, domiciliary service ♦ primary administration, principal administration ♦ social psychiatric nurse. (references) |
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Economic History | Nigeria | Foreign companies and individuals may hold domiciliary accounts in private banks and account holders have unfettered use of the funds. (references) |
Political Economy | NIGERIA | Companies and individuals may hold domiciliary accounts in private banks, and account holders have unfettered use of the funds. (references) |
Trade | Nigeria | Two types of Domiciliary Accounts exist: Non-oil Exports and Ordinary Domiciliary Accounts. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Domiciliary" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 97.70% of the time. "Domiciliary" is used about 87 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 97.7% | 85 | 35,870 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.15% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (singular) | 1.15% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 87 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "domiciliary": domiciliary administration ♦ domiciliary administrator ♦ domiciliary arrest ♦ domiciliary care ♦ domiciliary executor ♦ domiciliary in and out delivery ♦ domiciliary rights ♦ domiciliary service ♦ Domiciliary visit. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
domiciliary | 5 |
care domiciliary | 3 |
care domiciliary policy procedure | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "domiciliary"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i banesës. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | жилищен (housing, residential). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | domácí (brownie, domestic, home, homegrown, homelike, homemade, home-made, indoor, inland, internal, native, tame, vernacular). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | omsorgen i hjemmet (domiciliary care, home care), hjemmepleje (domiciliary care, domiciliary service, home care), hjemmehjælper (domestic service, domiciliary service, home help service, homemaker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | wijkkraamzorg (domiciliary maternity care), thuiszorg (domiciliary care, home care), thuisverpleging (domiciliary care, home care), thuishulp (domiciliary care, home care), poliklinische bevalling (domiciliary in and out delivery, domino delivery), poliklinisch bevallen (domiciliary in and out delivery, domino delivery), open bejaardenwerk (domiciliary care of the aged), jurisdiciteclausule (domiciliary clause, jurisdiction clause), hulp in de huishouding (domiciliary service, homemaker), huiszoeking (domiciliary visit, house search, search), forumkeuzeclausule (domiciliary clause, jurisdiction clause), forumkeuzebeding (domiciliary clause, jurisdiction clause), extra-murale gezondheidszorg (Outpatient and domiciliary health care), extramuraal bejaardenwerk (domiciliary welfare services for the elderly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tuomioistuimen toimivaltaa koskeva lauseke (domiciliary clause, jurisdiction clause), kotietsintä (house search). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | soins de santé ambulatoires (Outpatient and domiciliary health care), soins domicile (domiciliary care), perquisition domiciliaire (domiciliary visit), lettres d'homologation locales (domestic probate, domiciliary probate), homologation locale (domestic probate, domiciliary probate), exécuteur testamentaire local (domiciliary executor), exécuteur testamentaire domiciliaire (domiciliary executor), clause attributive de juridiction (domiciliary clause), allocation de soins domicile (domiciliary care allowance), aide familiale domicile (domestic service, domiciliary service), aide domicile (domiciliary service), administration domiciliaire (domiciliary administration), administrateur local (domestic administrator, domiciliary administrator), administrateur domiciliaire (domestic administrator, domiciliary administrator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | nachgehende Gesundheitsfuersorge (Outpatient and domiciliary health care), Heimpflege (domiciliary care, domiciliary service, home care), Haussuchung (domiciliary visit, house search), hausdurchsuchung (domiciliary visit, house search), Hausarrest (domiciliary arrest, house arrest), Gerichtszuständigkeitsklausel (domiciliary clause, jurisdiction clause), Gerichtsstandsklausel (domiciliary clause, jurisdiction clause), Gerichtsklausel (domiciliary clause, jurisdiction clause), Betreuung zu Hause (domiciliary care, home care), ambulante Gesundheitsfuersorge (Outpatient and domiciliary health care). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κατ'οίκον νοσηλεία (domiciliary care, home care), κατ'οίκον φροντίδα (domiciliary service, home care), νοσηλεία του ασθενούς στο σπίτι (domiciliary care, home care), παροχή υπηρεσιών κατ'οίκον (domiciliary service), φροντίδες κατ'οίκον (domiciliary care, home care), επίδομα φροντίδας κατ'οίκον (domiciliary care allowance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | házi (domestic, family, home, home grown, home-made, indoor, in-house, tame). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | servizio a domicilio (domiciliary service), perquisizione domiciliare (domiciliary visit, house search), cure domiciliari (domiciliary care, home care), cura prestata in casa (domiciliary care, home care), clausola attributiva di competenza (domiciliary clause, jurisdiction clause), aiuto a domicilio (domiciliary service). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 가택. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | er ny dhieyn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | omiciliaryday domiciliário. (various references) domiciliar. (various references) домашний (domestic, home, home grown, home-brewed, homelike, homely, homemade, homey, homy, pet). (various references) kućni (home, indoor). (various references) domiciliario. (various references) domsrättsklausul (domiciliary clause, jurisdiction clause), husrannsakan (search), hemortsrätt (domiciliary rights). (various references) ikametgâh ile ilgili, eve ait (domestic, home, household). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Domiciliary" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Domitilia. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-i-i-i-l-m-o-r-y" | |
-3 letters: dioramic. | |
-4 letters: acridly, amyloid, ciliary, cordial, domical, domicil, miliary. | |
-5 letters: acidly, airily, amidic, amidol, amylic, aridly, calory, caroli, clamor, cymoid, daimio, daimyo, idiocy, imidic, iridic, lorica, midair, miladi, milady, milord, modica, moirai, myriad, myrica, racily. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-i-i-i-l-m-o-r-y" | |
+5 letters: discriminatorily. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 6F 6D 69 63 69 6C 69 61 72 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. --- -- .. -.-. .. .-.. .. .- .-. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101111 01101101 01101001 01100011 01101001 01101100 01101001 01100001 01110010 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D o m i c i l i a r y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 006F 006D 0069 0063 0069 006C 0069 0061 0072 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3881797569757875678491 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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