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noun
rare[mass noun] The state of living in a particular place at a particular time.
- ‘When they first visited that portion of the country that surrounds Nashville, there were no marks of former habitancy.’
- ‘Disputes may arise respecting the place of habitancy or legal settlement of a poor person.’
- ‘The qualification of an elector was a real estate of fifty pounds, within the town or precinct where the election should be made; but habitancy was not required in either case.’
- ‘The qualifications of a representative are two years' habitancy.’
- ‘In neither case could he properly be called an inhabitant of that place or be said to have his habitancy there.’
occupancy, occupation, residence, residency, living in, housing, billeting, quartering, tenureView synonyms
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