tenent

English

Etymology

From Latin tenent (“they hold”).

Noun

tenent (plural tenents)

  1. (obsolete) A tenet.
    • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, partition II, section 2, member 6, subsection iv:
      Tully, 3 Tusc., cites Epicurus as a chief patron of this tenent.

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

tenent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of teneō

Romansch

Noun

tenent m (plural tenents)

  1. (military, Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) lieutenant

Synonyms
  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) litinent
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