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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Residence; abode in a dwelling-place for the time being.
  • noun The state of being inhabited; inhabitation.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited; the condition of an inhabitant; residence; occupancy.
  • noun (Law) The state of having legal right to claim the privileges of a recognized inhabitant; especially, the right to support in case of poverty, acquired by residence in a town; habitancy.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Alternative form of inhabitancy.

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