inhabitation

Noun

in=hab=i=ta=tion

WORDNET DICTIONARY

inhabitation(n = noun.act) habitation, inhabitancy - 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 forms verb inhabit₁, verb inhabit₂

inhabitation, n. [L. inhabitatio a dwelling.].

The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited; indwelling. [1913 Webster]
"The inhabitation of the Holy Ghost." [1913 Webster]
Abode; place of dwelling; residence. Milton. [1913 Webster]
Population; inhabitants. Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
"The beginning of nations and of the world's inhabitation." [1913 Webster]

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