单词 | domiciliary |
释义 | domiciliaryadj.n. A. adj. 1. Pertaining to, relating to, or connected with a domicile or residence. domiciliary visit, a visit to a private dwelling, by official persons, in order to search or inspect it. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > [adjective] domiciliar1655 domiciliary1790 1790 H. M. Williams Lett. France (1795) I. vii. 174 Those domiciliary visits, which were so often repeated. 1797 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 24 495 Domiciliary visits were attempted by the police. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 287 The tax..could be levied only by means of domiciliary visits. 1885 L'pool Mercury 14 Aug. 5/3 To revolutionise the social and domiciliary condition of the labourers. Categories » 2. Zoology. Of or pertaining to the general integument or structure occupied in common by infusoria or other animals of low organization. (In recent dictionaries.) B. n. One belonging to a domicile; a domestic. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] hirdmanc993 hirdcnihtc1000 hirdcnavec1275 hirdswainc1275 hewea1350 officerc1375 homely mana1382 meniala1387 household servant1427 homely womana1500 domestical?c1550 comprador1615 domestic1623 spider-brusher1833 house help1837 domiciliary1844 hoghenhine1848 kitchen mechanic1861 home helper1864 home help1883 1844 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. India 320 The two wings..are allotted to the residence of professors, pupils, and domiciliaries. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.n.1790 |
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