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gravedom

gravedom noun: the place, home, abode, or world of the dead; death; grave.

Noun

gravedom (uncountable)

  1. The place, home, abode, or world of the dead; death; grave.
    • Death comes, and its victims go either into the "sea" — watery gravedom, or into Hades, the earthly gravedom.1883, The Rainbow, a magazine of Christian literature, page 136
    • Whether they figured immediate selection for gravedom, by pointing skeletal finger, was about to commence, or what, I don't know.2009, Harry Stephen Keeler, Hazel Goodwin Keeler, The Circus Stealers

Origin of gravedom

From grave + -dom.

Questions about gravedom

What does gravedom mean?
Gravedom means the place, home, abode, or world of the dead; death; grave.
What part of speech is gravedom?
Gravedom is a noun.

Words near gravedom in the dictionary

  1. gravedigger
  2. gravediggers
  3. gravedigging
  4. gravedines
  5. gravedo
  6. gravedom
  7. graveful
  8. gravefuls
  9. gravegliaite
  10. gravekeeper
  11. gravekeepers

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