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ghostdom

noun

Etymology

From Middle English *gostdom, *gastdom, from Old English gāstdōm (“spirituality”), equivalent to ghost + -dom.

  1. inherited from gāstdōm
  2. inherited from *gostdom✻

Definitions

  1. The condition, state, or realm of ghosts or spirits

    The condition, state, or realm of ghosts or spirits; spirituality; spiritualism.

    • I have seized the key that unlocks the mystic realms of ghostdom, and I will hold it as a flaming torch over that dark domain till its shadows have fled forever from the minds of men.
    • Of course non-Christians adopt another method, and they often get the waifs and strays of ghostdom to bother and annoy.
    • He has been as active as the next man since his arrival in ghostdom.

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No curated loop yet for ghostdom. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA