Word of the Day:
habitation
What It Means
The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
A place of abode; settled dwelling; residence; house.
A group, lodge, or company, as of the Primrose League.
Habitation in Context
“And there have been Common-wealths that having no more Territory, than hath served them for habitation, have neverthelesse, not onely maintained, but also encreased their Power, partly by the labour of trading from one place to another, and partly by selling the Manifactures, whereof the Materials...”
Did You Know?
From Middle English habitacioun, from Old French habitacion, abitacion (“act of dwelling”), from Latin habitātiōnem, accusative of Latin habitātiō.
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