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tenement

Syllabification: (ten·e·ment)
Pronunciation: /ˈtenəmənt/
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Definition of tenement

noun

  • 1a room or a set of rooms forming a separate residence within a house or block of apartments.
  • (also tenement house) a house divided into and rented out as separate residences, especially one that is run-down and overcrowded.
  • 2a piece of land held by an owner.
  • Law any kind of permanent property, e.g., lands or rents, held from a superior.

Origin:

Middle English (in the sense 'tenure, property held by tenure'): via Old French from medieval Latin tenementum, from tenere 'to hold'

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