tenent

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What it comes down to is the Democrats ultimate tenent: win at all costs.

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  1. Holding; specifically, in zoology, used to hold, cling, or support; as, tenent hairs and bristles on the feet of insects.
  2. In heraldry, same as tenant, 3.
  3. Same as tenet. We shall in our sermons take occasion now and then, where it may be pertinent, to discover the weakness of the puritan principles and tenents to the people. Bp. Sanderson, Cases of Conscience. (Latham.) Atheisme and Sadducism disputed; Their Tenents argued, and refuted. Heywood, Hierarchy of Angels, p. 3.

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  • What sort of pathetic, immoral and resolutely abhorrent type of society do we live in where a 7 year business can be closed by the landlords because the electricity is off due to the tenent fighting to survive? —  Rss news feed for Morning Advertiser
  • Basic tenent of America is that we are all equal under the law. —  Hartford Advocate: News
  • What it comes down to is the Democrats ultimate tenent: win at all costs. —  Pirate's Cove
  • See what happens. vb answered: In MA, yes, though NY may be different. you generally have the right to enjoy your home. tenent / landlord law generally favors the tenant. —  Marco.org
  • Terms of Usage and is obscene, abusive, threatening, unlawful, harassing, defamatory, profane or racially offensive by selecting the appropriate option to describe the problem. curious from sask writes: Nice article, however the housing authority isn't the only landlord in town -- The Daily Herald should go back to this new tenent and interview her neighbors and landlord in one years time and see what side of the story they tell. —  The Prince Albert Daily Herald: Entertainment
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  1. from Latin tenen(t-)s, present participle of tenere, hold: see tenant.
  2. Latin tenent, they hold, 3d person plural present indicative of tenere, hold: see tenant. Cf. tenet.
 

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