t 1 e 1 n 1 u 1 r 1 e 1
6 letters · 6 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the term during which some position is held
noun the right to hold property; part of an ancient hierarchical system of holding lands
verb give life-time employment to
originFrom Middle English tenure, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French tenure, from Vulgar Latin *tenitura, from *tenitus, from Latin tentus (from teneō) + -ura.
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