Definition of "abode"

Vpon his Courser set the louely lode, / And with her fled away without abode.

1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.viii

During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]

1661, John Fell Summary, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond‎

You behold, Sir, how he waxeth Wroth at your Abode here.

1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume 2, London: Millar, page 289

The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; […] . Our table in the dining-room became again the abode of scintillating wit and caustic repartee, Farrar bracing up to his old standard, and the demand for seats in the vicinity rose to an animated competition.

1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd.

Come let me lead you to our poor Abode.

1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion, London: s.n., page 236

“I am of another world. I am John Carter, Prince of the House of Tardos Mors, Jeddak of Helium. Perchance some faint rumour of me may have leaked within the confines of your hellish abode.”

1913 January–May, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Gods of Mars”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co.; republished as “Thuvia”, in The Gods of Mars, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., 1918 September, page 61

He unrolled the newspaper baton idly and read idly:What is home withoutPlumtree's Potted Meat?Incomplete.With it an abode of bliss.

1922 February, James Joyce, “”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […]

The fine, soundless pulse of this game was in the air for our young woman while they remained in the shop. While they remained? They remained all day; their presence continued and abode with her, was in everything she did till nightfall....

1898, Henry James, In the Cage

High-thundering Juno's husband, stirs my spirit with true abodes.

1865, George Chapman, edited by Richard Hooper, The Iliads of Homer, London: J.R. Smith, page 6

The night-crow cried, aboding luckless time

1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3, act 5, scene 6