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Meaning of 'inhabitancy' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Inhabitancy [ n.]
- The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited; the condition of an inhabitant; residence; occupancy.
- The state of having legal right to claim the privileges of a recognized inhabitant; especially, the right to support in case of poverty, acquired by residence in a town; habitancy.

Meaning of 'inhabitancy' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . inhabitancy [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men)
Example in sentence:
  • he studied the creation and inhabitation and demise of the colony

Nearby Words:

inhabile inhability inhabit inhabitable inhabitance inhabitant inhabitate inhabitation inhabitativeness inhabited

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