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habitancy|ˈhæbɪtənsɪ|
[f. next: see -ancy.]
1. Residence as an inhabitant; inhabitance.
1792J. Belknap Hist. New-Hampsh. III. 268 The qualifications of a representative are two years' habitancy. 1819W. S. Rose Lett. I. 131 Hospitals..turning upon some miserable question of habitancy within very confined limits.
2. Inhabitedness, populousness. rare.
1837Blackw. Mag. XLI. 735 An escape from the close air and crowded habitancy of the streets.
3. Body or mass of inhabitants collectively.
1832–3De Quincey Tradit. Rabbins Wks. 1860 XIV. 267 Those [persons] do not comprehend the whole habitancy of this well-stocked house. 1862F. Hall in Jrnl. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 1 Its habitancy may at one time have competed with that of London. |