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tenantry.

The act or state of being a tenant.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

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

    The walls were never painted during my tenantry, becoming dingier and dingier as the years went by.
  2. The body of tenants on an estate.

    formal
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English tenant Middle English -re, -ri, -rie, -ry, -rye English -ry English tenantry From tenant + -ry.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.