habitancy
Americannoun
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habitancies
plural
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the act or fact of inhabiting; inhabitancy.
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the total number of inhabitants; population.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of habitancy
First recorded in 1785–95; habit(ant) 1 + -ancy
Example Sentences
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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 Maurice Henry Hewlett
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 Maurice Henry Hewlett
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 Marie Conway Oemler
It was full of light, and had the look of habitancy about it; but I saw no folk.
From Lore of Proserpine by Maurice Henry Hewlett
There were no signs of habitancy; but there were white bears to be seen, in plenty.
From Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America by Maurice Henry Hewlett
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