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tenantry

[ ten-uhn-tree ]

noun

  1. tenants collectively; the body of tenants on an estate.
  2. the state or condition of being a tenant.


tenantry

/ ˈɛəԳٰɪ /

noun

  1. tenants collectively, esp those with the same landlord
  2. the status or condition of being a tenant
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of tenantry1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; tenant, -ry
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Residence in Ireland is attended with many drawbacks and discomforts, even when a landlord is on the best of terms with his tenantry.

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"They are a hundred of my own Protestant tenantry and citizens," replied the Count.

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And as the brides were each plentifully provided with sisters it seems likely that soon Don Joaquin will have quite a numerous tenantry.

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The tenantry were then assembled; who with satisfaction admitted the justice of his claim, and openly rejoiced at their young landlord's succession to the fortunes of his father.

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His son Gilbert was prominent during the Napoleonic wars for seeing that his tenantry kept a lookout for Bonaparte; and by putting down smuggling he performed a vicarious penance for the deeds of his ancestors.

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