commorancy

English

Etymology

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

Noun

commorancy (countable and uncountable, plural commorancies)

1. (dated) A house for a place of residence, usually a temporary one.
2. (dated) Act of dwelling or residence in a place; habitation.
   • 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:

     Commorancy consists in usually lying there.

Related terms

• commorance
• commorant