inhabitation

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

inhabitation
    n 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" [syn:
         {inhabitancy}, {inhabitation}, {habitation}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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