INHABITATION

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited; indwelling. The inhabitation of the Holy Ghost. Bp. Pearson.

2.
n.

Abode; place of dwelling; residence. [Obs.] Milton.

3.
n.

Population; inhabitants. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. The beginning of nations and of the world's inhabitation. Sir W. Raleigh.