meaning of inhabitancy
1. The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited; the condition of an inhabitant; residence; occupancy.
2. 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.
3. 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
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