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Habitation definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HABITA'TION, n. [L. habitatio, from habito, to dwell, from habeo, to hold, or as we say in English, to keep.
1. Act of inhabiting; state of dwelling.
2. Place of abode; a settled dwelling; a mansion; a house or other place in which man or any animal dwells.
The stars may be the habitations of numerous races of beings.
The Lord blesseth the habitation of the just. Proverbs 3.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the native habitat or home of an animal or plant
2: housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless" [syn: dwelling, home, domicile, abode, habitation, dwelling house]
3: 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]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English habitacioun, from Anglo-French habitaciun, from Latin habitation-, habitatio, from habitare to inhabit, frequentative of hab?re Date: 14th century 1. the act of inhabiting ; occupancy <not fit for human habitation> 2. a dwelling place 3. settlement, colony

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the process of inhabiting (fit for human habitation). 2 a house or home. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L habitatio -onis (as HABITANT)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Habitation Hab`i*ta"tion, n. [F. habitation, L. habi(?)atio.] 1. The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy. --Denham. 2. Place of abode; settled dwelling; residence; house. The Lord . . . blesseth the habitation of the just. --Prov. iii. 33.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(habitations) Habitation is the activity of living somewhere. (FORMAL) The recent survey found that 20 per cent of private-rented dwellings are unfit for human habitation...

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

hab-i-ta'-shun: Properly a place of sojourn or dwelling. The term in the King James Version representing some 16 Hebrew words (moshabh, ma`-on, mishkan, naweh, etc.), and 5 Greek words, is variously changed in certain passages in the Revised Version (British and American), as Ge 49:5, "swords"; Le 13:46 "dwelling"; Job 5:24; Jer 25:30 b,37, "fold"; Ps 89:14; 97:2, etc., "foundation"; Ps 132:5, "tabernacle"; Lu 16:9, "tabernacles," etc. Conversely, "habitation" appears in the Revised Version (British and American) for the King James Version "dwelling place" in 2Ch 30:27; Ps 79:7, "house"; Ps 83:12; 2Co 5:2, "tabernacle," Ac 7:46, etc.

See HOUSE.

James Orr

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Abode, dwelling, lodging, domicile, quarters, headquarters, dwelling-place, place of abode, place of residence.

Moby Thesaurus

abiding place, abode, address, apartment, cantonment, colonization, commorancy, crash pad, crib, digs, domicile, domiciliation, domus, dwelling, dwelling place, fireside, flat, haunt, haven, hearth, hearthstone, home, homestead, house, housing, inhabitancy, inhabitation, lodging, lodging place, lodgment, nest, nook, occupancy, occupation, pad, peopling, place, place to live, quarters, residence, residency, roof, rooftree, roost, seat, settlement, sojourning, tenement