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Inhabitancy

Inhabitance \In*hab"it*ance\, Inhabitancy \In*hab"it*an*cy\, n.

  1. The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited; the condition of an inhabitant; residence; occupancy.

    Ruins yet resting in the wild moors testify a former inhabitance.
    --Carew.

  2. (Law) 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.

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inhabitancy

n. The condition of inhabiting or of being inhabited; occupancy

WordNet
inhabitancy

n. 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" [syn: inhabitation, habitation]

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No coffee cups or chairs or papers or anything that would even remotely suggest recent inhabitancy by life.