déménagementn.
/deɪmeɪnˈɑːʒmɒ̃/ The removal of household possessions from one place to another; moving house.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > [noun] > a house > moving house
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1875 C. Schreiber Jrnl. (1911) I. 363 They were in the course of déménagement, going to Spa.
1892 C. M. Yonge Let. in C. R. Coleridge C. M. Yonge (1903) xii. 312 Gertrude had to be moved into the drawing-room... The déménagement will last for another week at least.
1937 W. Fortescue Sunset House iv. 72 Bedlam had not been let loose; it was only the déménagement of the Italian family.
1952 M. Steen Phoenix Rising xi. 245 It would have been rather tiresome..to have set up house..and be faced with déménagement at almost any moment.
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