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English
Etymology
From inhabit + -ation.
Pronunciation
Noun
inhabitation (countable and uncountable, plural inhabitations)
- The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited; indwelling.
- Abode; place of dwelling; residence.
- Population; inhabitants.
1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, .”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: J M for John Starkey , →OCLC, pages 88–89, lines 1522–1525:Noiſe call you it or univerſal groan / As if the whole inhabitation periſ'd, / Blood, death, and deathful deeds are in the noiſe, / Ruin, deſtruction at the utmoſt point.