birthdom

English

Etymology

From birth +‎ -dom.

Noun

birthdom (countable and uncountable, plural birthdoms)

1. The land of one's birth.
2. Privilege of birth; one's inheritance; birthright.
   • c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:

     Hold fast the mortal sword, and, like good men
     Bestride our down-fall'n birthdom.

References

• “birthdom”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.