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tenantry

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ten·ant·ry  (tnn-tr)
n.
1. Tenants considered as a group.
2. The condition of being a tenant; tenancy.
tenantry [ˈtɛnəntrɪ]
n
1. (Law) tenants collectively, esp those with the same landlord
2. (Law) the status or condition of being a tenant
Tenantry a body of tenants, 1628.
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Noun1.tenantry - tenants of an estate considered as a group
aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole
Translations
tenantry [ˈtenəntrɪ] N → inquilinos mpl (Agr) → agricultores mpl arrendatarios
tenantry
n no pl (of estate) → Pächter pl; (of building, premises) → Mieter pl; the law of tenantry → das Mietrecht; (of farm) → das Pachtrecht
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He saw the people a race of tenantry, dependent on their lords.
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I asked my boatman what it should be, and he answered he supposed it was some of the red soldiers coming from Fort William into Appin, against the poor tenantry of the country.
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There was certainly a great variety of opinions on the subject of grace and free-will among the tenantry of Marmaduke; and, when we take into consideration the variety of the religious instruction which they received, it can easily be seen that it could not well be otherwise.
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