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-dom

a suffix forming nouns which refer to domain (kingdom), collection of persons (officialdom), rank or station (earldom), or general condition (freedom).

Origin:
ME; OE -dōm; c. ON -dōmr, G -tum; see doom

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-dom
suff.

State; condition: stardom.
1. Domain; position; rank: dukedom.
2. Those that collectively have a specified position, office, or character: officialdom.

[Middle English, from Old English -dōm; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.]

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