habitance
habitance noun: dwelling; abode; residence.
Noun
habitance (countable and uncountable, plural habitances)
- dwelling; abode; residence
- What art thou , man , ( if man at all thou art , )
That here in desert hast thine habitance1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC - Hardly had the peahen done speaking, when the antelope came up to them, thinking to shelter under the shade of the tree, and seeing the two birds, saluted them and said, ‘I came to this island to-day, and I have seen none richer in herbage nor more pleasant of habitance.’ Then he besought them of...1882-1884, John Payne, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Story of the Birds and Beasts and the Son of Adam
- What art thou , man , ( if man at all thou art , )
Forms of habitance
| plural | habitances |
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Origin of habitance
Old French habitance.
Questions about habitance
- What does habitance mean?
- Habitance means dwelling; abode; residence.
- What part of speech is habitance?
- Habitance is a noun.
- What is the plural of habitance?
- The plural of habitance is habitances.
Words near habitance in the dictionary
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