Definition of Habitation

1. Noun. The native habitat or home of an animal or plant.

Specialized synonyms: Aerie, Aery, Eyrie, Eyry, Den, Lair
Generic synonyms: Habitat, Home Ground

2. Noun. Housing that someone is living in. "They raise money to provide homes for the homeless"

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"
Exact synonyms: Inhabitancy, Inhabitation
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

habitableness
habitablenesses
habitably
habitacle
habitakle
habitakles
habitan
habitance
habitances
habitans
habitant
habitants
habitat
habitat component
habitat type
habitation
habitational
habitationally
habitations
habitator
habitators
habitats
habited
habiting
habits
habitual
habitual abortion
habitual criminal
habituall
habitually

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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