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Definition of Habitation
1. Noun. The native habitat or home of an animal or plant.
2. Noun. Housing that someone is living in. "They raise money to provide homes for the homeless"
Terms within: Bath, Bathroom, Bedchamber, Bedroom, Chamber, Sleeping Accommodation, Sleeping Room, Den, Dinette, Dining Room, Dining-room, Dressing Room, Family Room, Kitchen, Front Room, Living Room, Living-room, Parlor, Parlour, Sitting Room
Specialized synonyms: Cliff Dwelling, Condo, Condominium, Fixer-upper, Fireside, Hearth, Hermitage, Homestead, House, Lake Dwelling, Pile Dwelling, Indian Lodge, Lodge, Messuage, Semi-detached House, Vacation Home, Yurt
Generic synonyms: Housing, Living Accommodations, Lodging
Derivative terms: Domiciliary, Dwell, Home
3. Noun. The act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men). "He studied the creation and inhabitation and demise of the colony"
Generic synonyms: Occupancy, Tenancy
Specialized synonyms: Cohabitation, Bivouacking, Camping, Encampment, Tenting
Derivative terms: Inhabit, Inhabit, Inhabit
Definition of Habitation
1. n. The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
Definition of Habitation
1. Noun. The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy. ¹
2. Noun. A place of abode; settled dwelling; residence; house. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Habitation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Habitation
Literary usage of Habitation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of Southern Literature by John Calvin Metcalf (1909)
"L'habitation SAINT-YBARS, OU MAITRES ET ESCLAVES EN LOUISIANE ... Son habitation
etait situee sur la rive gauche; on la reconnais- sait dc loin a son "wharf ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1878)
"*T An habitation inforced better late than neuer, vpon these words Sit downe
Robin and ... The title in the edition of 1577 reads : An habitation enforced ..."
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