inhabitation

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

INHABITA'TION, noun The act of inhabiting, or state of being inhabited. 1. Abode; place of dwelling. 2. Population; whole mass of inhabitants. [This word is little use.]
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