Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. State; condition: stardom.
- n. Domain; position; rank: dukedom.
- n. Those that collectively have a specified position, office, or character: officialdom.
Wiktionary
- n. Belonging to a domain or jurisdiction.
- n. Condition or quality.
GNU Webster's 1913
Jurisdiction orproperty and jurisdiction ,dominion , as in kingdom earldom .State ,condition , orquality of being , as in wisdom , freedom .
Etymologies
- Middle English, from Old English -dōm; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.
Examples
“Do we want Internet Freedom to become Internet “Fee”-dom?”
“Visually sumptuous, the film overwhelms with sweeping shots of the now bleak, desolate, "Potter"-dom.”
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