[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

inhabitance \inhab"itance\, inhabitancy \inhab"itancy\, n.
   1. the act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited;
      the condition of an inhabitant; residence; occupancy.
      1913 webster

            ruins yet resting in the wild moors testify a former
            inhabitance.                          --carew.
      1913 webster

   2. law the state of having legal right to claim the
      privileges of a recognized inhabitant; especially, the
      right to support in case of poverty, acquired by residence
      in a town; habitancy.
      1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

inhabitancy
     n : 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: inhabitation,
          habitation
see also:
inhabitation habitation 

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