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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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• habitancies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of habitancy

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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