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Etymology
Traditional; the sentiment dates back to Roman times:
- quid enim sanctius, quid omni religione munitius, quam domus unusquisque civium?
- What more sacred, what more strongly guarded by every holy feeling, than a man's own home?
- —Cicero
In English, see Book 4, Chapter 16 of William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England:
- And the law of England has so particular and tender a regard to the immunity of a man's house, that it stiles it his castle, and will never suffer it to be violated with immunity: agreeing herein with the sentiments of ancient Rome, as expressed in the works of Tully; quid enim sanctius, quid omni religione munitius, quam domus unusquisque civium?
Proverb
a man's home is his castle
- A proverbial expression of personal privacy and security.
Translations
proverbial expression of personal privacy and security
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