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tenancies

[ten-uhn-see]

ten·an·cy

[ten-uhn-see]
noun, plural -cies.
1.
a holding, as of lands, by any kind of title; occupancy of land, a house, or the like, under a lease or on payment of rent; tenure.
2.
the period of a tenant's occupancy.
3.
occupancy or enjoyment of a position, post, situation, etc.: her tenancy as professor of history at the state university.
4.
Archaic. a piece of land held by a tenant; holding.

Origin:
1570–80; ten(ant) + -ancy; compare Medieval Latin tenantia, variant of tenentia
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