habitacle
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun A dwelling-place; a habitation.
- noun A recess, alcove, or niche.
Examples
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Then went Christopher to this river, and made there his habitacle for him, and bare a great pole in his hand instead of a staff, by which he sustained him in the water, and bare over all manner of people without ceasing.
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I returned to Salisbury about the middle of May in better weather, when there were days that were almost genial, and found the cathedral a greater "habitacle of birds" than ever: starlings, swifts, and swallows were there, the lively little martins in hundreds, and the doves and daws in their usual numbers.
Note
The word 'habitacle' comes from a Latin word meaning "dwelling place".