halidom
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 7
Definition of halidom
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(obsolete)Holiness; sanctity; sacred honour.
“Now sure and by my hallidome ( quoth he ) / Ye a great master are in your degree”
“Now he's put the final seal on his Kingship, his halidom, by slaying a challenger in the Wood.”
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noun
-
(obsolete)Holiness; sanctity; sacred honour.
“Now sure and by my hallidome ( quoth he ) / Ye a great master are in your degree”
“Now he's put the final seal on his Kingship, his halidom, by slaying a challenger in the Wood.”
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(archaic)A sanctuary; lands held of a religious foundation.
“[…] save for Wodan, who had a richly bedecked halidom nearby.”
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(archaic)Something regarded as sacred; a holy relic.
““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.””
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English halidom, haliȝdom, from Old English hāliġdōm (“holiness, righteousness, sanctity; holy place, sanctuary, chapel; relics, holy things; holy office; sacrament; holy doctrines”), corresponding to holy + -dom, from Proto-Germanic *hailagadōmaz. Cognate with Dutch heiligdom (“sanctuary, shrine”), German Heiligtum (“sanctuary, shrine, holy relic”), Swedish helgedom (“shrine, sanctuary, temple, sanctum”), Icelandic helgidómur (“sanctuary, holy relic”).
Words you can make from halidom
97 playable · top: HALOID (10 pts)
Best play haloid 10 points6-letter words
1 word5-letter words
6 words4-letter words
30 words- HALM 9 pts
- HOLM 9 pts
- HOMA 9 pts
- DAHL 8 pts
- DHAL 8 pts
- HOLD 8 pts
- ODAH 8 pts
- AMID 7 pts
- HAIL 7 pts
- HALO 7 pts
- HILA 7 pts
- MAID 7 pts
- MILD 7 pts
- MODI 7 pts
- MOLD 7 pts
- OHIA 7 pts
- LIMA 6 pts
- LIMO 6 pts
- LOAM 6 pts
- MAIL 6 pts
- MILO 6 pts
- MOIL 6 pts
- MOLA 6 pts
- DIAL 5 pts
- DIOL 5 pts
- IDOL 5 pts
- LAID 5 pts
- LIDO 5 pts
- LOAD 5 pts
- LOID 5 pts
3-letter words
37 words- HAM 8 pts
- HIM 8 pts
- HOM 8 pts
- MHO 8 pts
- OHM 8 pts
- DAH 7 pts
- DOH 7 pts
- HAD 7 pts
- HID 7 pts
- HOD 7 pts
- AHI 6 pts
- DAM 6 pts
- DIM 6 pts
- DOM 6 pts
- HAO 6 pts
- LAH 6 pts
- MAD 6 pts
- MID 6 pts
- MOD 6 pts
- AIM 5 pts
- AMI 5 pts
- LAM 5 pts
- MIL 5 pts
- MOA 5 pts
- MOI 5 pts
- MOL 5 pts
- OMA 5 pts
- ADO 4 pts
- AID 4 pts
- DAL 4 pts
- DOL 4 pts
- LAD 4 pts
- LID 4 pts
- ODA 4 pts
- OLD 4 pts
- AIL 3 pts
- OIL 3 pts
2-letter words
22 wordsHooks
2 extensions · 2 back
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