habitacle

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  • noun A dwelling-place; a habitation.
  • noun A recess, alcove, or niche.

Examples

  • 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.

    The Golden Legend, vol. 4

  • 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.

    Afoot in England

Note

The word 'habitacle' comes from a Latin word meaning "dwelling place".