inhabitancy

[ in-hab-i-tn-see ]

/ ɪnˈhæb ɪ tn si /

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noun, plural in·hab·it·an·cies.

place of residence; habitation.

residency; occupancy.

Also in·hab·it·ance .

Origin of inhabitancy

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

OTHER WORDS FROM inhabitancy

non·in·hab·it·ance, nounnon·in·hab·it·an·cy, noun, plural non·in·hab·it·an·cies.

Words nearby inhabitancy

Ingushetia, Ingush Republic, Ingveonic, INH, inhabit, inhabitancy, inhabitant, inhabitants, inhabited, inhabiter, inhalant

Example sentences from the Web for inhabitancy

As loyalty is more important than age or citizenship or inhabitancy, it has been put under the solemn safeguard of an oath.
Charles Sumner; His Complete Works, Volume VIII (of 20)|Charles Sumner
Show me a citizen actually in a State, then the intent to remain fixes his inhabitancy.
Charles Sumner; his complete works, volume 18 (of 20)|Charles Sumner
According to these words, the three qualifications are age, citizenship, and inhabitancy of the State he assumes to represent.
Charles Sumner; His Complete Works, Volume VIII (of 20)|Charles Sumner
But as we proceed southward into the State of Washington, we find more and more evidences of cultivation and inhabitancy.
The Columbia River|William Denison Lyman

But other tokens of inhabitancy—or even of existence—in their path, the travellers found none.
Tales from Blackwood|Various