se-ten·ant or se ten·ant (s -t n nt, st n-ä , s-t-nä)n. A block of commemorative stamps printed together on the same sheet but differing in design, color, value, or overprint. [French : se, reflexive pron. + tenant, present participle of tenir, to hold.] se-ten ant adj. |
se tenant French [sə tənɑ̃]
adj
(Non-sporting Hobbies / Philately) denoting two postage stamps of different face values and sometimes of different designs in an unseparated pair
n
(Non-sporting Hobbies / Philately) such a pair of stamps
[literally: holding together]
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