Tenement

Origin

Borrowing from xno {{2}}, from Old French tenement, from Medieval Latin tenementum, from Latin verb teneo.

Full definition of tenement

Noun

1. a building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one
2. (legal) any form of property that is held by one person from another, rather than being owned
3. (figurative) Dwelling; abode; habitation.
• John LockeWho has informed us that a rational soul can inhabit no tenement, unless it has just such a sort of frontispiece?

Synonyms

• (building) tenement house, apartment building

Derived terms

• servient tenement