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habitation 音標拼音: [h ,æbət'eʃən] n. 居住,住所 居住,住所 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" [ synonym: { 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" [ synonym: { inhabitancy}, { inhabitation}, { habitation}] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Place of abode; settled dwelling; residence; house. [ 1913 Webster] The Lord . . . blesseth the habitation of the just. -- Prov. iii. 33. [ 1913 Webster] 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, tenementHabitation 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. |
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