貴き殿でん

pronoun

you (honorific, formal, used by men in letters)

A respectful second-person pronoun used by men in written correspondence, especially to male equals or superiors. Formal and somewhat old-fashioned; not used in casual speech.

• 貴き殿でんにおかれましては、ますますご清せい栄えいのこととお慶よろこび申もうし上あげます。

  I hope this letter finds you in good health and spirits.

• 貴き殿でんのご意い見けんを伺

pronoun

your residence (archaic honorific)

Archaic honorific term for the addressee's residence. No longer used in modern Japanese; encountered only in historical texts.

• 古こ文もん書じょでは「貴き殿でん」が相あい手ての邸てい宅たくを指さすことがある。

  In old documents, 貴殿 can refer to the addressee's residence.