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c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine (Arun. 396) (1893) v. l. 21 After that thei [sc. leaves] make than her a-bood Euene vndir tho same swete reed floures.

1502 Lett. Richard III & Henry VII (Rolls) II. 111 Notwithstonding your grace had commaundid us to retorne, yet we..wold be content to make here abode.

1562 A. Brooke tr. M. Bandello Tragicall Hist. Romeus & Iuliet f. 63^v The glad old man..to the stately palace hyeth, where Paris made abode.

1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 178 During his aboade in Kent, he had so incroched vpon the landes.

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. lxi. 403 Let their place of abode be neere some small brooke.

1611 Bible (King James) John xiv. 23 We will come unto him, and make our abode with him. View more context for this quotation

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 57 In hollow Caverns Vermine make abode . View more context for this quotation

1716 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad II. v. 101 The brave Dolopian's mighty Line, Who near ador'd Scamander made Abode.

1795 R. Burns Let. (1985) II. 370 Two new Subscribers to your Museum, please..forward the volumes..by the very first carrier to their respective places of abode.

a1857 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. 206 To dwell on the union of Christians with Christ; on His abode in us, and our abiding in Him.

1898 Argosy Sept. 235 Her family had left the little farmhouse..to take up their abode in the mansion in Richmond.

1907 J. Conrad Secret Agent iv. 107 He dreaded the blame of the Central Red Committee, a body which had no permanent place of abode.

1995 Financial Post (Canada) 4 Nov. 45/1 Belonger is the term used by the Hong Kong government to describe those with right of abode, or the right to live in Hong Kong.