commorancy

Meanings

nouncommorancy (countable and uncountable, plural commorancies)

countabledateduncountableA house for a place of residence, usually a temporary one.
countabledateduncountableAct of dwelling or residence in a place; habitation.
Commorancy consists in usually lying there.
1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC

From stem of Latin commorāns, present participle of commorārī (“to remain, delay”), from mora (“a delay”), + -cy.

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