habitation

noun

1 the house is fit for human habitation:

occupancy, occupation, residence, residency, living in, housing, billeting, quartering, tenure;

formal dwelling;

rare inhabitancy, habitancy, inhabitance, domiciliation.

2 formal we walked for an hour without passing a single habitation:

house, home, seat, lodging, lodging place, a roof over one's head, billet, quarters, living quarters, rooms, accommodation, housing;

informal pad, digs, diggings;

formal residence, place of residence, dwelling, dwelling place, abode, domicile.

habitation Oxford Dictionary of English