habitancy
[ hab-i-tn-see ]
/ ˈhæb ɪ tn si /
noun, plural hab·i·tan·cies.
the act or fact of inhabiting; inhabitancy.
the total number of inhabitants; population.
Origin of habitancy
First recorded in 1785–95;
habit(ant)1 +
-ancy
Words nearby habitancy
habit,
habit spasm,
habit-forming,
habitable,
habitan,
habitancy,
habitant,
habitat,
habitation,
habited,
habitual
Example sentences from the Web for habitancy
It was full of light, and had the look of habitancy about it; but I saw no folk.
Lore of Proserpine |Maurice HewlettHe provided for the cure of the wounded, the habitancy of the houseless, the provision of the destitute.