domicile

 
Pronunciation: /ˈdɒmɪsʌɪl, -sɪl/

noun

formal or Law
  • the country that a person treats as their permanent home, or lives in and has a substantial connection with: his wife has a domicile of origin in GermanyCompare with residence.
  • chiefly US a person’s residence or home: the builder I’ve hired to renovate my new domicile
  • the place at which a company or other body is registered, especially for tax purposes.

verb

[with adverbial of place] (be domiciled) formal or Law
  • treat a specified country as a permanent home: the tenant is domiciled in the United KingdomCompare with reside.
  • chiefly US reside or be based: he was domiciled in a frame house in the outskirts of Bogotá

Origin:

late Middle English: via Old French from Latin domicilium 'dwelling', from domus 'home'