tenantry
tenantry · tenantries
The act or state of being a tenantThe act or state of being a tenant.
Meaning
2 sensesThe act or state of being a tenant.
The walls were never painted during my tenantry, becoming dingier and dingier as the years went by.
(formal)The body of tenants on an estate.
tenants of an estate considered as a group
Origin
Middle English -re, -ri, -rie, -ry, -ryeMiddle English -re, -ri, -rie, -ry, -rye
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Forms
plural: tenantries| Singular | tenantry |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsDerivedtenantry acre