tenement
te·ne·ment
noun
Origin
From Middle English tenement, from Anglo-Norman tenement (“holding”), from Old French tenement, from Medieval Latin tenimentum, from Latin teneō (“hold”).
Phrases
- rooming house
- servient tenement
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