indweller

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Only the bodies of which this eternal, imperishable, incomprehensible Self is the indweller, are said to have an end.

From Time Magazine Archive

Agnes Finnie, an indweller in the Potter-row, Edinburgh, was indicted before a judge and a jury, on twenty articles of indictment, charging her with witchcraft and sorcery.

From The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales by Grant, James, archaeologist

"What joy?" quoth the Khwajah's son, "and indeed this city is a ruinous heap nor is there indweller or habitant or any to attest God's Unity."

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 15 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Is the indweller of the tomb the hostage of a pit, In which, for      that his face is there, splendour and light abide?

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II by Payne, John

They were never happy except when they went up to the palisades, struck upon them with their lath-blades, and when some orderly indweller looked over atop, ran away laughing.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII by Wilson, John Mackay