tenantry

English

Etymology

tenant +‎ -ry

Noun

tenantry (plural tenantries)

1. The state or act 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.

Synonyms

• (state of being a tenant): tenantship

Related terms

• tenancy

Translations

the state or act of being a tenant

• Finnish: vuokralla asuminen, vuokralaisuus
• Manx: tannystys m
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• Scottish Gaelic: tuath f