habitation

(eg. vexed, house, synonym )

habitation /ˌhæ bə ˈteɪ ʃən/ ?

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(n) the native habitat or home of an animal or plant
(n) housing that someone is living in
(n) the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men)

The floor was dirt and rubble, but there were signs of habitation.
The only movement that suggests human habitation is the flutter of laundry on clotheslines.
The demon is in effect an immensely creative spirit which has seized for its habitation the son of a Swedish parson, and for its instrument the motion-picture camera.

"Today, the catastrophe is looking large on the horizon," said Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, president of the Maldives. "Sea-level data over the past decade confirms our worst fears. Without immediate action, the long-term habitation of our tiny...
on Dec 12, 2007 By: President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom Source: Wall Street Journal
"Certainly a major part is our quest for evidence of human habitation in the Flower Garden regions during the last Ice Age," Ballard said Thursday.
on Mar 1, 2007 By: Robert Ballard Source: FOX News
"Clearly, your efforts to prevent the resale of these trailers for human habitation have failed," Thompson wrote to FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, GSA Administrator Martha Johnson, and Attorney General Eric Holder.
on Jul 6, 2010 By: Bennie Thompson Source: HSToday