† habitaclen.
Obsolete exc. Historical.figurative and in extended use.c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Eph. ii. 22 Be ȝe bildid to gidere into the habitacle of God, in the Hooli Gost.c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi iii. xxvii. 96 Bringe oute of þe habitacle of myn herte all maner of derkenes.a1555 J. Bradford in M. Coverdale Certain Lett. Martyrs (1564) 482 Thys oure corruptible habitacles wherein we abyde the Lordes leasure.1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician i. 36 The Bloud-vessels (those genuine Habitacles of noxious Vapours).
1. A dwelling-place, habitation.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > [noun]
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c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xii. 7 Liȝt schoon aȝen in the habytacle.
a1400 Coer de L. 4149 Thomas..an other stone i-slong To ser Mahouns habitacle.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 225/2 Thenne went cristofer to this ryuer & made there his habitacle for hym.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 83 Haile, Alphais habitakle.
a1691 R. Boyle Gen. Hist. Air (1692) 167 Our bed..which in this little habitacle was not far from the fire.
1829 R. Southey Epist. to A. Cunningham in A. Cunningham Anniversary 11 Fortune hath set his happy habitacle Among the ancient hills.
2. A canopied niche in the wall of a building.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > other elements > [noun] > niche > canopied
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c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame iii. 104 And eke in each of the pinnacles Weren sundry habitacles.
1845 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 4) I. 195 Habitacle;..applied sometimes to a niche for a statue.
1850 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 5) I. 451 Tabernacles were also called Maisons, Habitacles, Hovels, and Housings in ancient contracts.
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