tenemental


ten·e·ment

T0104800 (tĕn′ə-mənt)n.1. A building for human habitation, especially one that is rented to tenants.2. A rundown, low-rental apartment building whose facilities and maintenance barely meet minimum standards.3. Chiefly British An apartment or room leased to a tenant.4. Law A property of a permanent nature that is possessed or owned, such as land or a building, along with the rights associated with such possession or ownership.
[Middle English, house, from Old French, from Medieval Latin tenēmentum, from Latin tenēre, to hold; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]
ten′e·men′tal (-mĕn′tl) adj.