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dwelling

/ˈdwɛl.ɪŋ/ noun C1
  1. A house or place in which a person lives; a habitation, a home. · The old house served as a dwelling for Albert.

Plural dwellings

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Down hoods all!” said half a dozen low voices (every ruin in India becomes sooner or later a dwelling place of snakes, and the old summerhouse was alive with cobras).
The Jungle Book, p. 54 · B2
You could imagine you were dwelling in marble halls, couldn’t you?
Anne of Green Gables, p. 14 · C1
He must write his own sermons; and the time that remains will not be too much for his parish duties, and the care and improvement of his dwelling, which he cannot be excused from making as comfortable as possible.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 116 · B2
The envelope contained a sheet of elegant, little, hot-pressed paper, well covered with a lady’s fair, flowing hand; and Elizabeth saw her sister’s countenance change as she read it, and saw her dwelling intently on some particular passages.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 135 · B2

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