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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Residence in Ireland is attended with many drawbacks and discomforts, even when a landlord is on the best of terms with his tenantry.
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"They are a hundred of my own Protestant tenantry and citizens," replied the Count.
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And as the brides were each plentifully provided with sisters it seems likely that soon Don Joaquin will have quite a numerous tenantry.
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The tenantry were then assembled; who with satisfaction admitted the justice of his claim, and openly rejoiced at their young landlord's succession to the fortunes of his father.
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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.
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