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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The state or act of being a tenant.

   "The walls were never painted during my tenantry, becoming dingier and dingier as the years went by."

2. 2
   tenants of an estate considered as a group wordnet
3. 3
   The body of tenants on an estate.

Synonyms

All synonyms

claimcolonyfee positionfee simplefeudfiefdom

Example

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"The walls were never painted during my tenantry, becoming dingier and dingier as the years went by."

Etymology

From tenant + -ry.

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