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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Habitation \Hab`i*ta"tion\, n. [F. habitation, L. habi(?)atio.] 1. The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy. --Denham. 2. Place of abode; settled dwelling; residence; house. The Lord . . . blesseth the habitation of the just --Prov. iii. 33. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: habitation n 1: the native habitat or home of an animal or plant 2: a physical structure (e.g., a house) that someone is living in "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless" [syn: {dwelling}, {home}, {domicile}, {abode}, {dwelling house}] 3: the act of inhabiting [syn: {inhabitancy}, {inhabitation}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Habitation 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
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