Daily Ancestordomicilium
Domicilium is Latin for a dwelling or place of residence; domicilii means of the residence.
Domicilium means a dwelling, home or abode, the source of English domicile. The BYU list of common phrases gives domicilium as residence and domicilii as of the residence.
In a register it tells you where the family lived at the time, which can differ from where they were born (oriundus).
As seen in a recordLatin tabular baptism register, Austria, 1830s
Domicilium: Neudorf, domus No. 14
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Daily Ancestor. "domicilium." Dictionary of Old Record Words. https://dailyancestor.com/dictionary/latin/domicilium. Last checked 2026-10-12.