Habitation

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. Place of abode; settled dwelling; residence; house.
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              The Lord . . . blesseth the habitation of the just.
                                                    --Prov. iii.
                                                    33.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  habitation
       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}, {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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  48 Moby Thesaurus words for "habitation":
     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
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  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.
     

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  HABITATION, civil law. It was the right of a person to live in the house of 
  another without prejudice to the property. 
       2. It differed from a usufruct in this, that the usufructuary might 
  have applied the house to any purpose, as, a store or manufactory; whereas 
  the party having the right of habitation. could only use it for the 
  residence of himself and family. 1 Bro. Civ. Law, 184 Domat. l. 1, t. 11, s. 
  2, n. 7. 
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  HABITATION, estates. A dwelling-house, a home-stall. 2 Bl. Com. 4; 4 Bl. 
  Com. 220. Vide House.