habitancyn.
/ˈhabɪtənsi/ 1. Residence as an inhabitant; inhabitance.
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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
1792 J. Belknap Hist. New-Hampsh. III. 268 The qualifications of a representative are two years' habitancy.
1819 W. S. Rose Lett. from N. Italy I. 131 Hospitals..turning upon some miserable question of habitancy within very confined limits.
2. Inhabitedness, populousness. rare.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > population > [noun] > density of
populacy1597
populousness1601
popularity1654
populosity1720
popularness1727
condensity1814
habitancy1837
areality1881
1837 Blackwood's Mag. 41 735 An escape from the close air and crowded habitancy of the streets.
3. Body or mass of inhabitants collectively.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > population > [noun]
erd-folka1325
furniture1526
inhabitation1588
population1612
peopling1622
stock1668
populace1687
habitancya1859
tenantrya1871
a1859 T. De Quincey Trad. Rabbins in Select. Grave & Gay (1860) XIV. 267 Those [persons] do not comprehend the whole habitancy of this well-stocked house.
1862 F. Hall in Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 1861 30 1 Its habitancy may at one time have competed with that of London.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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