tenantry

[ ten-uh n-tree ]

/ ˈtɛn ən tri /

noun

tenants collectively; the body of tenants on an estate.

the state or condition of being a tenant.

Nearby words

tenant farmer, tenant farming, tenant in chief, tenant in common, tenant-in-chief, tenantry, tenants association, tenants' charter, tencel, tench, tend

Origin of tenantry

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at tenant, -ry

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Examples from the Web for tenantry

Under such circumstances the throats of a tenantry will still swallow, but their beards will not wag.
Doctor Thorne|Anthony Trollope
They are pattern people—have built a church, and have all their tenantry in excellent order.
The Daisy Chain|Charlotte Yonge
The lapse of time only increased the numbers and the exasperation of the tenantry.
Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3)|William Davy Watson
That door had been opened but once during the late pastor's thirty-year tenantry.
Keziah Coffin|Joseph C. Lincoln

No half-measured Acts which left the landlords with any say to the tenantry of these portions of Ireland will be of any use.
The Life of Gordon, Volume II|Demetrius Charles Boulger

British Dictionary definitions for tenantry

tenantry

/ (ˈtɛnəntrɪ) /

noun

tenants collectively, esp those with the same landlord

the status or condition of being a tenant

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