'Inhabitation' definitions:
Definition of 'inhabitation'
(from WordNet)
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" [syn: inhabitancy, inhabitation, habitation]
Definition of 'Inhabitation'
From: GCIDE
- Inhabitation \In*hab`i*ta"tion\, n. [L. inhabitatio a dwelling.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited; indwelling. [1913 Webster]
- The inhabitation of the Holy Ghost. --Bp. Pearson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Abode; place of dwelling; residence. [Obs.] --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Population; inhabitants. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
- The beginning of nations and of the world's inhabitation. --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster]