tenantry

[ ten-uh n-tree ]

/ ˈtɛn ən tri /

tenants collectively; the body of tenants on an estate.

the state or condition of being a tenant.

Origin of tenantry

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at tenant, -ry

Under such circumstances the throats of a tenantry will still swallow, but their beards will not wag.

Doctor Thorne |Anthony Trollope
They are pattern people—have built a church, and have all their tenantry in excellent order.

The Daisy Chain |Charlotte Yonge
The lapse of time only increased the numbers and the exasperation of the tenantry.

Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) |William Davy Watson
That door had been opened but once during the late pastor's thirty-year tenantry.

Keziah Coffin |Joseph C. Lincoln

No half-measured Acts which left the landlords with any say to the tenantry of these portions of Ireland will be of any use.

The Life of Gordon, Volume II |Demetrius Charles Boulger

tenantry

/ (ˈtɛnəntrɪ) /

tenants collectively, esp those with the same landlord

the status or condition of being a tenant