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tenantry
/ ˈɛəԳٰɪ /
noun
- tenants collectively, esp those with the same landlord
- the status or condition of being a tenant
yvlog History and Origins
Example Sentences
Residence in Ireland is attended with many drawbacks and discomforts, even when a landlord is on the best of terms with his tenantry.
"They are a hundred of my own Protestant tenantry and citizens," replied the Count.
And as the brides were each plentifully provided with sisters it seems likely that soon Don Joaquin will have quite a numerous tenantry.
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.
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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