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se-ten⋅ant

[suh-ten-uhnt, set-n-ahn, suh-tuh-nahn]
–noun Philately.
a group of stamps that differ in color, value, or design but are printed together on the same sheet and are collected without separating the stamps.
Also, se tenant.


Origin:
1910–15; < F: lit., standing, remaining, holding together, equiv. to se 3d sing. reflexive pronoun + tenant prp. of tenir to hold (see tenant )
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se-ten·ant or se ten·ant   (sə-těn'ənt, sět'n-äɴ', sə-tə-näɴ')   
n.  A block of commemorative stamps printed together on the same sheet but differing in design, color, value, or overprint.

[French : se, reflexive pron. + tenant, present participle of tenir, to hold.]
se-ten'ant adj.
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