Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Halidom"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Halidom \Hal"i*dom\, n. [AS. h[=a]ligd?m holiness, sacrament,
sanctuary, relics; h[=a]lig holy + -d?m, E. -dom. See
{Holy}.]
1. Holiness; sanctity; sacred oath; sacred things; sanctuary;
-- used chiefly in oaths. [Archaic]
So God me help and halidom. --Piers
Plowman.
By my halidom, I was fast asleep. --Shak.
2. Holy doom; the Last Day. [R.] --Shipley.
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