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inhabitancy

in·ha·bi·tancy

uncommon

noun

1.

the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men)

  • “he studied the creation and inhabitation and demise of the colony”
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From inhabitant + -cy or inhabit + -ancy.

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