habitation

noun4

1. •
   The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.

   • Now, however, the windows in the houses began one by one to be lit up, giving a greater sense of habitation and humanity. — 1907
2. •
   A place of abode; settled dwelling; residence; house.

   • And as imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown, the poet’s pen Turns them to shapes and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name. — 1595
3. •
   A farm, ranch or plantation.
4. •
   A group, lodge, or company, as of the Primrose League.