habitancy
Americannoun
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the act or fact of inhabiting; inhabitancy.
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the total number of inhabitants; population.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of habitancy
First recorded in 1785–95; habit(ant) 1 + -ancy
Example Sentences
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The Creator has not altogether effaced his own image in any region of human habitancy.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. by Various
What puzzled Leif very much was this, that in so fair a country there was no sign of habitancy.
From Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
Its stained brick walls, partly covered with ivy and lichens; its smokeless chimneys; its barred doors; its many shuttered windows, like blind eyes—all appeared deliberately to thrust aside human habitancy.
From A Woman Named Smith by Oemler, Marie Conway
He provided for the cure of the wounded, the habitancy of the houseless, the provision of the destitute.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 by Various
Before he approached it a hind and her calf had been cropping the grass between the cracks of the altar-steps; all else was very still, yet had a feeling of habitancy and familiar use.
From The Forest Lovers by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
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