— tenemental /ten'euh men"tl/ , tenementary /ten'euh men"teuh ree/ , adj. — tenemented , adj.
/ten"euh meuhnt/ , n.
1. Also called tenement house . a run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, esp. in a poor section of a large city.
2. Law.
a. any species of permanent property, as lands, houses, rents, an office, or a franchise, that may be held of another.
b. tenements , freehold interests in things immovable considered as subjects of property.
3. Brit. an apartment or room rented by a tenant.
4. Archaic. any abode or habitation.
[ 1250-1300; ME tenementum, equiv. to L tene ( re ) to hold + -mentum -MENT ]