| 单词 |
inhabitancy |
| 释义 |
inhabitancy|ɪnˈhæbɪtənsɪ|
[f. inhabitant: cf. prec. and habitancy: see -ancy.]
1. The fact of inhabiting or of being an inhabitant; occupation by an inhabitant or inhabitants; residence as an inhabitant, esp. during a specified period, so as to become entitled to the rights and privileges of a regular inhabitant.
1681in Somers Tracts I. 380 In case of Elections by Inhabitancy; the coming to live in a Place for a small time..or coming to or taking a House for to serve an Election, doth not give right to vote. 1765Blackstone Comm. I. ix. 362 A legal settlement was declared to be gained by birth, or by inhabitancy, apprenticeship, or service, for forty days. 1814Mrs. J. West Alicia de Lacy III. 236 They..beheld..that token of inhabitancy and domestic comfort—the smoke of a peat fire. a1848W. A. Butler Hist. Anc. Philos. (1856) I. 144 The manhood thus consecrated by the presence and inhabitancy of the Godhead. 1884Gladstone Sp. Ho. Com. 28 Feb., A new franchise, which..will be given to persons who are inhabitants, and, in the sense of inhabitancy, who are occupiers.
2. A place of habitation. rare—1.
1853Grote Greece ii. xc. XI. 719 The wholesale transportation of reluctant and miserable families from one inhabitancy to another. |
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