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

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

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Giving the right to vote to the ignorant and incapable is only a part of the evils associated with the inhabitancy of such a multitude of citizens of a different and inferior race.

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They had found no signs of inhabitancy; but Karlsefne was very careful.

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Those who crossed into Kansas after the governor's proclamation and endeavored to continue actual inhabitancy, were with difficulty distinguished from those who now crossed for the first time, under a similar pretext.

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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