inhabitation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men)
    habitation; inhabitancy.
    • he studied the creation and inhabitation and demise of the colony

WordNet

In*hab`i*ta"tion noun
Etymology
L. inhabitatio a dwelling.
Definitions
  1. The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited; indwelling.
    The inhabitation of the Holy Ghost. Bp. Pearson.
  2. Abode; place of dwelling; residence. Obs. Milton.
  3. Population; inhabitants. Obs. Sir T. Browne.
    The beginning of nations and of the world's inhabitation. Sir W. Raleigh.

Webster 1913