habitancy

American  

[hab-i-tn-see] / ˈhæb ɪ tn si /

noun

habitancies plural

1. the act or fact of inhabiting; inhabitancy.

2. the total number of inhabitants; population.

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Etymology

Origin of habitancy

First recorded in 1785–95; habit(ant) ¹ + -ancy

Example Sentences

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

They saw no signs of habitancy, and few tracks of animals.

From Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

It was full of light, and had the look of habitancy about it; but I saw no folk.

From Lore of Proserpine 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