ghostdomn.
/ˈɡəʊs(t)dəm/, U.S. /ˈɡoʊs(t)dəm/ The non-physical realm which incorporeal or disembodied spirits are considered to inhabit; the home or world of ghosts. Also occasionally: the state or condition of being a ghost; = ghosthood n. 1.
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the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > [noun] > domain of
spirit world1826
spirit land1829
spirit realm1845
ghostdom1846
spiritdom1852
the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > ghost or phantom > [noun] > state of being
ghostliness1657
ghostism1782
ghostship1796
ghosthood1842
ghostdom1846
spectrality1850
ghostiness1874
spectralness1892
life-in-death1901
1846 J. H. Ingraham Silver Ship of Mexico 76/1 Darkness and night reigned on the dominions of ghostdom.
1860 Flag of our Union 12 May 3/4 I was fully determined, that come what would, not all the ghosts in ghostdom, nor all the goblins in the misty land of goblins, should frighten me.
1988 M. Ellmann in Langs. of Joyce 117 She..bequeaths him with his ghostdom and his passport to eternity.
2006 Hamilton (Ont.) Spectator (Nexis) 16 Dec. d2 The earl whipped out his sword and slashed the rope, sending her to her death and into the netherworld of ghostdom where she has been heard sobbing and wailing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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