Definition of "populousness" [populousness]

• The quality of being populous (noun)

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• "Mrs. Mittin led immediately to the town, and Camilla was struck with its neatness, and surprised by its populousness."
• "She said, It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that when the high officials returned and reported, “We have found in the empire nor ruined site nor rotten brick,” the Just King thanked his God and said, “Verily the affairs of the realm are best-conditioned and its ordinance is excellent and its populousness hath reached the pink of perfection.”"
• "For instance, in 1556, Gaspar da Cruz, a Dominican friar, augured success for the Christian mission in China because “the Chinas exceed all others in populousness, in greatness of the realm, in excellence of polity and government, and in abundance of possessions and wealth.”"