inhabitancy

[ in-hab-i-tn-see ]

noun

, plural in·hab·it·an·cies.

1. place of residence; habitation.
2. residency; occupancy.

Other Words From

• nonin·habit·ance noun
• nonin·habit·an·cy noun plural noninhabitancies

Word History and Origins

Origin of inhabitancy¹

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

Example Sentences

As loyalty is more important than age or citizenship or inhabitancy, it has been put under the solemn safeguard of an oath.

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According to these words, the three qualifications are age, citizenship, and inhabitancy of the State he assumes to represent.

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Show me a citizen actually in a State, then the intent to remain fixes his inhabitancy.

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

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

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Related Words

• apartment
• condo
• dwelling
• hall
• headquarters
• home
• house
• mansion
• palace