Synonyms for habitations


Grammar : Noun
Spell : hab-i-tey-shuhn
Phonetic Transcription : ˌhæb ɪˈteɪ ʃən

Top 10 synonyms for habitations Other synonyms for the word habitations

Définition of habitations

Origin :
  • late 14c., "act or fact of dwelling;" also "place of lodging, abode," from Old French habitacion, abitacion "act of dwelling" (12c.) or directly from Latin habitationem (nominative habitatio) "act of dwelling," noun of action from past participle stem of habitare (see habitat).
  • noun place where someone resides
  • noun living place
Example sentences :
  • Abandon her not until you leave her in the habitations of civilized men.
  • Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Nor is the use of these habitations entirely abandoned at the present time.
  • Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
  • The stars are the habitations of the souls of men, from which they come and to which they return.
  • Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato
  • Let their habitations be desolate and no man to dwell in their tents.
  • Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
  • Country-seats, cottages, habitations of whichever kind, were burnt.
  • Extract from : « Fox's Book of Martyrs » by John Foxe
  • There are traces of a pier, and of the habitations of the guards on the shore.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 450 » by Various
  • And these habitations likewise shall be razed to the ground.
  • Extract from : « Life of Schamyl » by John Milton Mackie
  • The dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
  • Extract from : « Uncle Tom's Cabin » by Harriet Beecher Stowe
  • The habitations of men in the Hebrides may be distinguished into huts and houses.
  • Extract from : « A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland » by Samuel Johnson
  • He was fleeing from men and their habitations; he was fleeing from light; the moon made him suffer.
  • Extract from : « An Eagle Flight » by Jos Rizal
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