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One who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant. "Sweet tenants of this grove." Cowper. The hhappy tenant of your shade. Cowley. The sister tenants of the middle deep. Byron. Tenant in capite Etym: [L. in in + capite, abl. of caput head, chief.], or Tenant in chief, by the laws of England, one who holds imm…

See Tenon saw, under Tenon.

Fit to be rented; in a condition suitable for a tenant. -- Ten"ant*a*ble*ness, n.

Having no tenants; unoccupied; as, a tenantless mansion. Shak.

The body of tenants; as, the tenantry of a manor or a kingdom.

or pertaining to some more important thing; accessory; incident; as, a right of way appurtenant to land or buildings. Blackstone. Common appurtenatn. (Law) See under Common, n.

A tenant in common, or a joint tenant.

other in the performance of any duty. The lawful magistrate, who is the vicegerent or lieutenant of God. Abp. Bramhall.

. An army officer in rank next below a general and next above a major general.

See Lieutenancy. [Obs.]

Same as Lieutenancy, 1.

An inferior or second lieutenant; in the British service, a commissioned officer of the lowest rank.

One who rents a tenement, or land, etc., of one who is also a tenant; an undertenant.

See Terre-tenant.

One who has the actual possession of land; the occupant. [Written also ter-tenant.]

The tenant of a tenant; one who holds lands or tenements of a tenant or lessee.

To remove a tenant from. [R.] Coleridge.

such declaration. Acknowledgment money, in some parts of England, a sum paid by copyhold tenants, on the death of their landlords, as an acknowledgment of their new lords. Cowell.

It produces a ridiculous effect. Example: Next comes Dalhousie, the great god of war, Lieutenant-colonel to the Earl ANTICLINAL An`ti*cli"nal, a. Etym: [Pref. anti- + Gr.

Belonging; appertaining. [Now usually written appurtenant.] Coleridge.