ˌhabəˈtāshən noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English habitacioun, from Middle French habitation, from Latin habitation-, habitatio, from habitatus (past participle of habitare to inhabit, dwell) + -ion-, -io -io — more at habit
1.
a. : the act of inhabiting : state of inhabiting or dwelling or of being inhabited : occupancy
b. : the right of one with his family to occupy the residential property of another as a home
2. : a dwelling place : house , home , residence
a map showing towns, villages, and scattered habitations
his notebooks … gave his ideas a local habitation — Van Wyck Brooks
3. : settlement , colony
their habitations were usually spoken of as camps, sometimes composed of 200 tents — Clark Wissler
• hab·i·ta·tion·al | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|tāshən ə 1, -shnəl adjective