4. Fig.: Dwelling; abode; habitation. Who has informed us that a rational soul can inhabit no tenement, unless it has just such a sort of frontispiece Locke. Tenement house, commonly, a dwelling house erected for the purpose of being rented, and divided into separate apartments or tenements for families. The term is often applied to apartment houses occupied by poor families.
Syn. — House; dwelling; habitation. — Tenement, House. There may be many houses under one roof, but they are completely separated from each other by party walls. A tenement may be detached by itself, or it may be part of a house divided off for the use of a family.
TENEMENTAL
Ten`e*men"tal, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a tenement; capable of being held by tenants. Blackstone.
TENEMENTARY
Ten`e*men"ta*ry, a.
Defn: Capable of being leased; held by tenants. Spelman.
TENENT Ten"ent, n. Etym: [L. tenent they hold, 3d pers. pl. pres. of tenere.]
Defn: A tenet. [Obs.] Bp. Sanderson.
TENERAL
Ten"er*al, a. Etym: [L. tener, -eris, tender, delicate.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or designating, a condition assumed by the imago of certain Neuroptera, after exclusion from the pupa. In this state the insect is soft, and has not fully attained its mature coloring.