noun
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tenants collectively, esp those with the same landlord
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the status or condition of being a tenant
Etymology
Origin of tenantry
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at tenant, -ry
Example Sentences
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The builders of Manhattan's newest, completed skyscraper, Cities Service's 67-story Sixty Wall Tower, installed double-deck elevators which seem to satisfy the tenantry.
From Time Magazine Archive
His only steadfast affection is for Chevron, its venerable house, its loyal tenantry, even its exhausting duties.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Jenkintown, the Philadelphia suburb near which they live, the Bryans' gracious hospitality is a byword and to both gentry and tenantry alike Mr. Bryan is known as Big Hearted Joe.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Wentworth village pubs the local tenantry shook their heads.
From Time Magazine Archive
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.
From The Vanity Girl by Compton MacKenzie
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