Synonyms

inhabitancy

American

[in-hab-i-tn-see] / ɪnˈhæb ɪ tn si /

Also inhabitance

noun

plural

inhabitancies

place of residence; habitation.
residency; occupancy.

Other Word Forms

noninhabitance noun
noninhabitancy noun

Etymology

Origin of inhabitancy

First recorded in 1675–85; inhabit(ant) + -ancy

Example Sentences

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But other tokens of inhabitancy—or even of existence—in their path, the travellers found none.

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They had found no signs of inhabitancy; but Karlsefne was very careful.

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Those who crossed into Kansas after the governor's proclamation and endeavored to continue actual inhabitancy, were with difficulty distinguished from those who now crossed for the first time, under a similar pretext.

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Nature is emptied of her contents to become the pure inhabitancy of one human soul.

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With regard to inhabitancy, the average number of persons living in one house in Massachusetts is rather more than six, while the average number of the Massachusetts family is four and three quarter persons.

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