Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A place where one abides; a permanent dwelling-place; hence, a place of rest; a resting-place.
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- noun The place where one
abides ; a permanentdwelling-place ; hence, a place ofrest ; aresting-place .
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Examples
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Beyond it, we knew, was the carrot patch, and beyond that the caves and the abiding-place of the horde.
CHAPTER XIII 2010
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The abiding-place was deserted, Red-Eye remained in his cave, and the horde had disappeared in the depths of the forest.
CHAPTER IX 2010
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The comic weeklies returned his jokes and humorous verse, and the light society verse he wrote for the large magazines found no abiding-place.
Chapter 24 2010
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By the time we had paddled well out into the current, we had drifted so far downstream that we were in full view of the Fire People's abiding-place.
CHAPTER XIII 2010
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We continued to the west, following the river bank, and before we knew it we were in the midst of the abiding-place of the Fire
CHAPTER XIII 2010
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And this was the main abiding-place of the Folk that I had chanced upon.
CHAPTER V 2010
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Courbertin and St. Vincent sprang after them, but the latter knew their abiding-place and returned triumphant.
CHAPTER 23 2010
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Mr. Brown never lost an opportunity, so he clinched the matter on the spot with a virile hand-grip, and thenceforth the conduct of Keesh was to determine the ultimate abiding-place of Macklewrath's soul.
KEESH, SON OF KEESH 2010
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The task of carrying away the bodies, that else would have polluted our abiding-place, he left to the horde.
CHAPTER IX 2010
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This abiding-place was a splendid strategic selection.
CHAPTER XIII 2010
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