Crossword clues for inhabitancy
inhabitancy
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Inhabitance \In*hab"it*ance\, Inhabitancy \In*hab"it*an*cy\, n.
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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. (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.
Wiktionary
n. The condition of inhabiting or of being inhabited; occupancy
WordNet
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]
Usage examples of "inhabitancy".
No coffee cups or chairs or papers or anything that would even remotely suggest recent inhabitancy by life.