Definition of ABODE (original) (raw)
1
: the place where one lives : home
were reluctant to leave their lifelong abode
Welcome to my humble abode.
2
: a temporary stay : sojourn
… if any such dares to continue his abode in a family where his coming was an unauthorized intrusion …—
Walter Scott
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Examples of abode in a Sentence
welcome to my humble abode
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Kelly Clarkson Home Miranda Bar Cart This bar cart from Kelly Clarkson’s collection is another way to easily add an elegant statement piece to your humble abode. —Kelsey Fredricks, People.com, 2 Feb. 2025 Altogether, the spacious abode features five bedrooms and seven bathrooms spread across its two floors. —Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 28 Jan. 2025 The new abode in question: An Upper East Side residence dating to the 1800s that had undergone a midcentury renovation, with AD100 firm Charlap Hyman & Herrero already aboard as architects for the latest refresh. —Katherine Burns Olson, Architectural Digest, 24 Jan. 2025 The sprawling 31-room abode once located on 359 acres in the Pacific Palisades was donated to the state’s parks department in 1944. —Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for abode 
Word History
Etymology
Middle English abade, abode, from bade, bode "stay, delay" (going back to Old English bād "expectation, period of waiting," probably going back to Germanic *baiđ-, noun derivative from the base of *bīđ- "wait, bide") crossed with abiden "to abide"
First Known Use
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3
Time Traveler
The first known use of abode was in the 13th century
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“Abode.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abode. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.
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