Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Inhabitation \In*hab`i*ta"tion\, n. [L. inhabitatio a dwelling.]
   1. The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited;
      indwelling.

            The inhabitation of the Holy Ghost.   --Bp. Pearson.

   2. Abode; place of dwelling; residence. [Obs.] --Milton.

   3. Population; inhabitants. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.

            The beginning of nations and of the world's
            inhabitation.                         --Sir W.
                                                  Raleigh.

Source : WordNet®

inhabitation
     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: {inhabitancy},
          {habitation}]