habitancy
Americannoun
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the act or fact of inhabiting; inhabitancy.
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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
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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
This day and night, and the succeeding one, the scenes in view were familiar; but in the course of the four or five that followed, all vestiges of civilized habitancy had disappeared.
From The First White Man of the West Life and Exploits of Col. Dan'l. Boone, the First Settler of Kentucky; Interspersed with Incidents in the Early Annals of the Country. by Flint, Timothy
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
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 Hewlett, Maurice Henry
Numerous small caves or sink holes exist in the neighborhood, three of which were reported as being dry, lighted, having good entrances, and well suited for habitancy.
From Archeological Investigations Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 by Fowke, Gerard
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