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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 787 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HABIT (through the See also:French from See also:Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain See also:condition; in many of the See also:English senses the French use habitude, not habit)  , See also:condition of See also:body or mind, especially one that has become permanent or settled by See also:custom or persistent repetition, hence custom, usage . In See also:botany and See also:zoology the See also:term is used both in the above sense of instinctive See also:action of animals and tendenciesof See also:plants, and also of the manner of growth or See also:external See also:appearance of a plant or See also:animal . From the use of the word for external appearances comes its use for See also:fashion in See also:dress, and hence as a term for a See also:lady's See also:riding dress and for the particular See also:form of garment adopted by the members of a religious See also:order, like " See also:cowl " applied as the See also:mark of a See also:monk or See also:nun .

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