tenementaryadj.
1. Leased to tenants.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [adjective] > held in leasehold or by tenant
rented1581
tenementarya1641
tenant-sted1710
leasehold1731
tenemental1766
tenanted1886
a1641 H. Spelman Feuds & Tenures vii Such were the Ceorls among the Saxons; but of two sorts, one that hired the Lord's Outland or Tenementary Land (called also the Folcland) like our Farmers.
1701 W. Kennett Cowell's Interpreter (new ed.) (at cited word) The Saxon Thanes who possess'd Bocland, or Hereditary free Estates, divided them into..Inland and Outland... The Outland was granted out to Tenants under Arbitrary Rents and Services, and therefore call'd Tenementary Land, the Tenants Land, or the Tenancy.
2. Consisting of tenements or dwelling-houses. See also frank-tenementary n.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [adjective] > block of flats or apartments
barracky1857
tenementary1872
tenemented1883
flatted1913
condo1964
1872 B'ham Daily Post 28 Feb. 7/2 Assisting her mother who was the owner of some small tenementary property at Saltley.
1905 Daily Chron. 31 Jan. 3/5 By doing this he [sc. a landlord who removes from one of his tenement houses to another] converts the lodgers into tenementary occupiers and the tenementary occupiers into lodgers, the result being that all of them lose their votes..through no fault of their own.
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adj.a1641