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

Philosopher," said Media, "what with Azzageddi, and the mysterious indweller you darkly hint of, I marvel not that you are puzzled to decide upon your identity.

From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II by Melville, Herman

"If I speak with you calmly, Ralph, it is because you are the indweller of my house, and because I have a pledge to my brother in your behalf."

From Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia by Simms, William Gilmore

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

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