Habitation, n.
Etymology: [F. habitation, L. habi(atio.]
1. The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy. Denham.
2. Place of abode; settled dwelling; residence; house. The Lord . . . blesseth the habitation of the just. Prov. iii. 33.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for habitation; he lists it under home.
Where he writes about it:
Abode, dwelling, and habitation are used with little difference of meaning to denote the place where one habitually lives; abode and habitation belong to the poetic or elevated style. — from home