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† halidom, -dome Obs. or arch.|ˈhælɪdəm, dəʊm|
Forms: 1 háliᵹdóm, 2–3 haliȝdom, 4 halydam, 4–7 halydom, halidam, 5–6 holydom(e, 6 hollidam(e, hollydam, 6–7 halli-, 6–9 halidome, 7 haly-doome, holidam(e, holydam(e, 8–9 halidame, 3– halidom.
[OE. háliᵹdóm = MDu. heilichdoem (Du. heiligdom), OHG. heilîgtuom (Ger. heiligtum), ON. helgidómr (Da. helligdom), f. OTeut. *hailag-, OE. háliᵹ, holy: see -dom. The substitution of -dam, -dame, in the suffix was app. due to popular etymology, the word being taken to denote ‘Our Lady’.]
†1. Holiness, sanctity. Obs.
971Blickl. Hom. 167 Mycel is se haliᵹdom & seo weorþunᵹ Sancte Iohannes. c1200Ormin 2117 Hiss haliȝdom Was godedd himm and ekedd. a1626Bp. Andrewes Serm. xiii. (1661) 488 Then had it His perfect halydome; then it was holy indeed.
2. A holy place, chapel, sanctuary. arch.
c1000ælfric Exod. xxi. 6 Bringe his hlaford hine to þæs haliᵹdomes dura. 1636James Iter Lanc. (Chetham Soc.) 2 They were not onely streets but halydoms. 1820Scott Monast. ii, Under the necessity of marching with the men of the Halidome, as it was called, of Saint Mary's. 1839Bailey Festus v. (1848) 46 The world Is Thy great halidom.
3. A holy thing, a holy relic; anything regarded as sacred. Much used, down to 16th c., in oaths and adjurations.
c1000Laws of Ethelred iii. c. 2 On þam haliᵹdome swerian þe him man on hand sylð. c1200Ormin 1785 Itt iss Godess arrke, & iss All full off haliȝdomess. c1205Lay. 15343 ær he heom hæfden isworen uppen halidom. 1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 5629 Þat dar y swere on þe halydom. 13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 2123 As help me God & þe halydam. a1483Gild Tailors Exeter in Eng. Gilds 318 As god you helpp and holydom. 1529More Dyaloge iii. Wks. 237/2 My Lordes all, as helpe me God and halidome maister doctour here sayd vnto me [etc.]. c1561T. Preston Cambyses in Hazl. Dodsley IV. 244 So help me God and halidom, it is pity of his life. [1874Stubbs Const. Hist. I. v. 103 note, Let the twelve senior thegns..swear on the halidome which shall be put in their hands.]
b. Hence the asseveration: by my halidom.
1533J. Heywood Johan & Tib B ij, Nowe so God helpe me, and by my holydome. 1567Triall Treas. in Hazl. Dodsley III. 276 Now, by my halidom, it is alone. 1591Shakes. Two Gent. iv. ii. 136 By my hallidome, I was fast asleepe. 1613― Hen. VIII, v. i. 117 Now by my Holydame, What manner of man are you? 1765H. Walpole Otranto v. (1798) 79 By my halidame, if it should ever be known. 1823Scott Quentin D. ii, ‘By my halidome, he is ashore.’ |