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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	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, 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]

	

	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

	

	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.

	

	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. 
	

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