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inhabitancy

Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

inhabitancy(n = noun.act) habitation, inhabitation - the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men); "he studied the creation and inhabitation and demise of the colony"

is a kind of occupancy, tenancy

has particulars: cohabitation, bivouacking, camping, encampment, tenting

Derived form verb inhabit₁

inhabitancy, n.

The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited; the condition of an inhabitant; residence; occupancy. [1913 Webster]
"Ruins yet resting in the wild moors testify a former inhabitance." [1913 Webster]
The state of having legal right to claim the privileges of a recognized inhabitant; especially, the right to support in case of poverty, acquired by residence in a town; habitancy. [1913 Webster]

inhabitancy, n. (also inhabitance) residence as an inhabitant, esp. during a specified period so as to acquire rights etc.

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