habitancy

American  

[hab-i-tn-see] / ˈhæb ɪ tn si /

noun

plural

habitancies

1. the act or fact of inhabiting; inhabitancy.

2. the total number of inhabitants; population.

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Etymology

Origin of habitancy

First recorded in 1785–95; habit(ant) ¹ + -ancy

Example Sentences

What puzzled Leif very much was this, that in so fair a country there was no sign of habitancy.

From Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

Numerous small caves or sink holes exist in the neighborhood, three of which were reported as being dry, lighted, having good entrances, and well suited for habitancy.

From Archeological Investigations Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 by Fowke, Gerard

There were no signs of habitancy; but there were white bears to be seen, in plenty.

From Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

The Creator has not altogether effaced his own image in any region of human habitancy.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. by Various

Its stained brick walls, partly covered with ivy and lichens; its smokeless chimneys; its barred doors; its many shuttered windows, like blind eyes—all appeared deliberately to thrust aside human habitancy.

From A Woman Named Smith by Oemler, Marie Conway