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
Example Sentences
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The system involved the absentee and irresponsible landlord, the rack-renting agent, and a tenantry driven onto smaller and smaller patches of land, until whole families existed on one or even half an acre of soil.
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 Wentworth village pubs the local tenantry shook their heads.
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
The freeholders231 alone have access to the courts, but in practice the entire body of the tenantry is equally concerned.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
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