habitancy
Americannoun
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the act or fact of inhabiting; inhabitancy.
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the total number of inhabitants; population.
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
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
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
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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