inhabitancyn.
/ɪnˈhabɪtənsi/ 1. The fact of inhabiting or of being an inhabitant; occupation by an inhabitant or inhabitants; residence as an inhabitant, esp. during a specified period, so as to become entitled to the rights and privileges of a regular inhabitant.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > [noun]
wonningc960
bewistc1200
livingc1350
lodging1362
habitationc1374
indwellinga1382
dwellingc1384
inhabitinga1400
bidingc1400
inhabitationc1400
residencec1405
mansiona1425
winningc1425
demur1444
abodec1450
resianty1467
demurrance1509
resiance1566
place-being1567
residency1579
resiancy1580
commorancy1586
residing1587
inhabitance1588
abodement1592
commorance1594
habit1603
commoration1623
inwoning1647
inhabitancy1681
habitancy1792
domicile1835
occupying1849
abidal1850
tenancy1856
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > [noun] > condition of being inhabited
furniture1526
settledness1571
improvement1670
inhabitancy1681
occupance1932
1681 Memorable Case D. Onslow 8 In case of Elections by Inhabitancy; the coming to live in a place for a small time..or coming to or taking a house for to serve an Election, doth not give right to vote.
1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. ix. 362 A legal settlement was declared to be gained by birth, or by inhabitancy, apprenticeship, or service, for forty days.
1814 J. West Alicia de Lacy III. 236 They..beheld..that token of inhabitancy and domestic comfort—the smoke of a peat fire.
a1848 W. A. Butler Lect. Hist. Anc. Philos. (1856) I. 144 The manhood thus consecrated by the presence and inhabitancy of the Godhead.
1884 W. E. Gladstone Speech in Comm. 28 Feb. A new franchise, which..will be given to persons who are inhabitants, and, in the sense of inhabitancy, who are occupiers.
2. A place of habitation. rare.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > [noun]
resteOE
worthineeOE
settlea900
wickc900
houseOE
erdinga1000
teld-stedec1000
wonningc1000
innOE
bewistc1200
setnessc1200
wanea1225
i-holda1250
wonec1275
wunselec1275
wonning-place1303
bigginga1325
wonning-stede1338
tabernaclea1340
siegec1374
dwelling-placec1380
lodgingc1380
seea1382
tabernaclea1382
habitationc1384
mansionc1385
arresta1400
bowerc1400
wonning-wanec1400
lengingc1420
tenementc1425
tentc1430
abiding placea1450
mansion place1473
domicile1477
lendingc1480
inhabitance1482
biding-place?1520
seat1535
abode1549
remainingc1550
soil1555
household1585
mansion-seata1586
residing1587
habitance1590
fixation1614
situation?1615
commoratorya1641
haft1785
location1795
fanea1839
inhabitancy1853
habitat1854
occupancy1864
nivas1914
downsetting1927
1853 G. Grote Hist. Greece XI. ii. xc. 719 The wholesale transportation of reluctant and miserable families from one inhabitancy to another.
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