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hab⋅i⋅ta⋅tion

  [hab-i-tey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. a place of residence; dwelling; abode.
2. the act of inhabiting; occupancy by inhabitants.
3. a colony or settlement; community: Each of the scattered habitations consisted of a small number of huts.
Origin:
1325–75; ME (h)abitacioun (< AF) < L habitātiōn- (s. of habitātiō) a dwelling, equiv. to habitāt(us) inhabited (ptp. of habitāre; see habitat ) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms:
hab⋅i⋅ta⋅tion⋅al, adjective

Synonyms:
1. lodgings, home, domicile, quarters.
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hab·i·ta·tion   (hāb'ĭ-tā'shən)   
n.  

  1. The act of inhabiting or the state of being inhabited.

    1. A natural environment or locality.

    2. A place of abode; a residence.


[Middle English habitacioun, from Latin habitātiō, habitātiōn-, from habitātus, past participle of habitāre, to dwell; see habitable.]
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Word Origin & History

habitation 
c.1374, from O.Fr. habitation "act of dwelling," from L. habitationem (nom. habitatio) "act of dwelling," from habitare (see habitat). Habitable (1388) is from O.Fr. habitable, from L. habitabilis "that is fit to live in," from habitare.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: hab·i·ta·tion
Pronunciation: "ha-b&-'tA-sh&n
Function: noun
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, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Bible Dictionary

Habitation

God is the habitation of his people, who find rest and safety in him (Ps. 71:3; 91:9). Justice and judgment are the habitation of God's throne (Ps. 89:14, Heb. mekhon, "foundation"), because all his acts are founded on justice and judgment. (See Ps. 132:5, 13; Eph. 2:22, of Canaan, Jerusalem, and the temple as God's habitation.) God inhabits eternity (Isa. 57:15), i.e., dwells not only among men, but in eternity, where time is unknown; and "the praises of Israel" (Ps. 22:3), i.e., he dwells among those praises and is continually surrounded by them.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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