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Tenet and Tenant Definitions

Tenet

A doctrine, principle, or position held as part of a philosophy, religion, or field of endeavor.

Tenant

One that pays rent to use or occupy land, a building, or other property owned by another.

Tenet

An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.

Tenant

A dweller in a place; an occupant.

Tenet

Any opinion, principle, dogma, belief, or doctrine, which a person holds or maintains as true; as, the tenets of Plato or of Cicero.
That al animals of the land are in their kind in the sea, . . . is a tenet very questionable.
The religious tenets of his family he had early renounced with contempt.
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Tenant

To hold as a tenant or be a tenant.

Tenet

A religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof

Tenant

One who holds a lease (a tenancy).

Tenant

(by extension) One who has possession of any place.

Tenant

(computing) Any of a number of customers serviced through the same instance of an application.
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Tenant

One who holds a feudal tenure in real property.

Tenant

One who owns real estate other than via allodial title.

Tenant

Misconstruction of tenet

Tenant

To hold as, or be, a tenant.

Tenant

(transitive) To inhabit.

Tenant

One who holds or possesses lands, or other real estate, by any kind of right, whether in fee simple, in common, in severalty, for life, for years, or at will; also, one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements the title of which is in another; - correlative to landlord. See Citation from Blackstone, under Tenement, 2.

Tenant

One who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant.
The hhappy tenant of your shade.
The sister tenants of the middle deep.

Tenant

To hold, occupy, or possess as a tenant.
Sir Roger's estate is tenanted by persons who have served him or his ancestors.

Tenant

Someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else;
The landlord can evict a tenant who doesn't pay the rent

Tenant

A holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease)

Tenant

Any occupant who dwells in a place

Tenant

Occupy as a tenant

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