inhabitation

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited; indwelling.
2. (countable, uncountable)Abode; place of dwelling; residence.
3. (countable, uncountable)Population; inhabitants.

   “Noiſe call you it or univerſal groan / As if the whole inhabitation periſ'd, / Blood, death, and deathful deeds are in the noiſe, / Ruin, deſtruction at the utmoſt point.”