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tenurial

tenurial adjective: of or pertaining to tenure.

Adjective

tenurial (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to tenure.
    • All those who attended these courts did so in virtue of the tenurial obligations.1913, Bede Jarrett, “Feudalism”, in Catholic Encyclopedia
    • Rakam tenants were granted a number of tenurial facilities that were not available to cultivators on lands of other categories.1976, Mahesh Chandra Regmi, Landownership in Nepal, page 164

Origin of tenurial

From tenure + -ial.

Words formed from tenurial

Questions about tenurial

What does tenurial mean?
Tenurial means of or pertaining to tenure.
What part of speech is tenurial?
Tenurial is an adjective.

Words near tenurial in the dictionary

  1. tenurelessness
  2. tenures
  3. tenureship
  4. tenureships
  5. tenuretrack
  6. tenurial
  7. tenurially
  8. tenuring
  9. Tenuta
  10. Tenutas
  11. tenuti

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