Domiciliary visit(Law), a visit to a private dwelling, particularly for searching it, under authority.

Domiciliate
(Dom`i*cil"i*ate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Domiciliated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Domiciliating ] [See Domicile.]

Domestical
(Do*mes"tic*al) a. Domestic. [Obs.]

Our private and domestical matter.
Sir. P. Sidney.

Domestical
(Do*mes"tic*al), n. A family; a household. [Obs.]

Domestically
(Do*mes"tic*al*ly), adv. In a domestic manner; privately; with reference to domestic affairs.

Domesticant
(Do*mes"ti*cant) a. Forming part of the same family. [Obs.] Sir E. Dering.

Domesticate
(Do*mes"ti*cate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Domesticated; p. pr. & vb. n. Domesticating.] [LL. domesticatus, p. p. of domesticare to reside in, to tame. See Domestic, a.]

1. To make domestic; to habituate to home life; as, to domesticate one's self.

2. To cause to be, as it were, of one's family or country; as, to domesticate a foreign custom or word.

3. To tame or reclaim from a wild state; as, to domesticate wild animals; to domesticate a plant.

Domestication
(Do*mes`ti*ca"tion) n. [Cf. F. domestication.] The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals.

Domesticator
(Do*mes"ti*ca`tor) n. One who domesticates.

Domesticity
(Do`mes*tic"i*ty) n. [LL. domesticitas: cf. F. domesticité.] The state of being domestic; domestic character; household life.

Domett
(Dom"ett) n. A kind of baize of which the ward is cotton and the weft woolen. Blakely.

Domeykite
(Do"mey*kite) n. [Named after Domeyko, a mineralogist of Chili.] (Min.) A massive mineral of tin-white or steel-gray color, an arsenide of copper.

Domical
(Dom"i*cal) a. Relating to, or shaped like, a dome.

Domicile
(Dom"i*cile) n. [L. domicilium; domus house + (prob.) root of celare to conceal: cf. F. domicile. See Dome, and Conceal.]

1. An abode or mansion; a place of permanent residence, either of an individual or a family.

2. (Law) A residence at a particular place accompanied with an intention to remain there for an unlimited time; a residence accepted as a final abode. Wharton.

Domicile
(Dom"i*cile), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Domiciled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Domiciling.] [Cf. F. domicilier. Cf. Domiciliate.] To establish in a fixed residence, or a residence that constitutes habitancy; to domiciliate. Kent.

Domiciliar
(Dom`i*cil"i*ar) n. A member of a household; a domestic.

Domiciliary
(Dom`i*cil"i*a*ry) a. [LL. domiciliarius.] Of or pertaining to a domicile, or the residence of a person or family.

The personal and domiciliary rights of the citizen scrupulously guarded.
Motley.


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