habitation

habitation
n
1. home, abode, domicile, domicil, residence, residency, dwelling, dwelling place, dwelling home, Scot, and North Eng. bigging, Scot. howff; lodging, lodgings, lodging place, lodgment, nest, roost, perch; quarters, living quarters, rooms, accommodations, housing, roof over one's head, Inf. pad, Inf. crash pad, Chiefly Brit. Inf. diggings, Brit. Inf. digs; apartment, flat, tenement, rent, walk-up, cold-water flat, Brit. chambers, Chiefly Brit. maisonette; penthouse, townhouse, condominium, Inf. condo; mobile home, motor home, camper, trailer; address, location, whereabouts, place; manor, manor house, country house, country seat, house, villa, estate, country estate; farm, farmhouse, grange, homestead, Brit. croft, Brit. home-croft, Scot, and North Eng. steading; ranch, rancho, rancheria, hacienda; plantation, manor farm.
2. occupancy, occupation, occupying, settlement, settling, inhabitance, inhabitancy, inhabitation, inhabiting, habitancy, moving in, tenancy, tenure, residence, residency, residing, abiding, living, dwelling, Law. commorancy; housing, domiciliation, domiciliating, hospitality, lodging, lodgment, billeting, quartering, locating, ensconcing; taking up residence, taking up one's abode, making one's home, establishing oneself, Inf. hanging up one's hat; nestling, roosting, perching, squatting.
3. colony, settlement; community, township, society, commonwealth.

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  • habitation — [ abitasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1120; lat. habitatio, de habitare 1 ♦ Le fait de loger d une manière durable dans une maison, sous un toit. Habitation en commun. ⇒ cohabitation, communauté. Locaux à usage d habitation (opposé à usage commercial, etc.) .… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • habitation — Habitation. s. f. v. Demeure. Il n a point d habitation. c est là mon habitation. l habitation en est malsaine. l habitation n en vaut rien. on luy a donné cette maison pour son habitation. elle a droit d habitation dans cette terre par contract… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Habitation — Hab i*ta tion (h[a^]b [i^]*t[=a] sh[u^]n), n. [F. habitation, L. habitatio.] 1. The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy. Denham. [1913 Webster] 2. Place of abode; settled dwelling; residence; house …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • habitation — habitation, dwelling, abode, residence, domicile, home, house are comparable when they mean the place where one lives. All may apply to an actual structure or part of a structure in which one lives, and all but the last also may apply to the… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • habitation — hab·i·ta·tion /ˌha bə tā shən/ n 1 a: the act of occupying or inhabiting b in the civil law of Louisiana: the right of a person to dwell in the house of another 2: a dwelling place Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster …   Law dictionary

  • habitation — (n.) late 14c., act or fact of dwelling; also place of lodging, abode, from O.Fr. habitacion, abitacion act of dwelling (12c.) or directly from L. habitationem (nom. habitatio) act of dwelling, noun of action from pp. stem of habitare (see… …   Etymology dictionary

  • habitation — Habitation, Habitatio …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • habitation — ► NOUN 1) the state or process of inhabiting. 2) formal a house or home …   English terms dictionary

  • habitation — [hab΄i tā′shən] n. [ME habitacioun < OFr habitacion < L habitatio: see HABITABLE] 1. the act of inhabiting; occupancy 2. a place in which to live; dwelling; home 3. a colony or settlement …   English World dictionary

  • habitation — (a bi ta sion ; en vers, de cinq syllabes) s. f. 1°   Action d habiter un lieu, séjour que l on y fait habituellement. L habitation de cette maison est malsaine. •   L Écriture nous dit que l habitation terrestre abaisse l esprit qui pense à… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • HABITATION — s. f. Action d habiter un lieu, séjour que l on y fait habituellement. On lui a donné cette maison pour son habitation. L habitation de cette maison est malsaine. L habitation n en vaut rien. On le dit quelquefois Des animaux. Le tigre fait son… …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

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