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plural halidoms
(obsolete) Holiness; sanctity; sacred honour. quotations
Now sure and by my hallidome ( quoth he ) / Ye a great master are in your degree
1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Prosopopoia. Or Mother Hubberds Tale.”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […]
Now he's put the final seal on his Kingship, his halidom, by slaying a challenger in the Wood.
1987, Poul and Karen Anderson, The King of Ys (SciFi), page 422
(archaic) A sanctuary; lands held of a religious foundation. quotations
[…] save for Wodan, who had a richly bedecked halidom nearby.
1983, Poul Anderson, Time Patrolman (SciFi), Tom Doherty Associates
(archaic) Something regarded as sacred; a holy relic. quotations
“By my halidom,” said he, “we have forgotten, Sir Prior, to name the fair Sovereign of Love and of Beauty, by whose white hand the palm is to be distributed.”
1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe