English Dictionary

habitation

/ˌhæb.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/

noun

(uncountable) The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy. / (countable) A place of abode; settled dwelling; residence; house.

The habitation of the island is limited to a few small villages.

意味（1）

(uncountable) The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.

And there have been Common-wealths that having no more Territory, than hath served them for habitation, have neverthelesse, not onely maintained, but also encreased their Power, partly by the labour of trading from one place to another, and partly by selling the Manifactures, whereof the Materials were brought in from other places.

意味（2）

(countable) A place of abode; settled dwelling; residence; house.

And as imagination bodies forth

The forms of things unknown, the poet’s pen

Turns them to shapes and gives to airy nothing

And as imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown, the poet’s pen Turns them to shapes and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name.

意味（3）

A group, lodge, or company, as of the Primrose League.

意味（4）

(Louisiana French) A farm.