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Definition of tenure:

  • (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; "She was tenured after she published her book"

Sentence Examples:

Dependent tenure.

Military tenure.

Our tenure was over.

Ancient Tenure of Lands.

Dependent Tenure of Land.

A free tribal tenure.

Of most precarious tenure.

Tenure still legally exists.

Tenure of sweet potato fields.

It is a just tenure.

It had equitable building tenures.

The feudal tenures were abolished.

Feudal tenure; the feudal system.

The land tenure is feudal.

Irvine's tenure of office were few.

Author of a famous book on Tenures.

How slight the tenure seems!

Security of tenure is equally important.

His tenure of office was peaceful.

Amounted almost to security of tenure.

Tenure of office law, passed; Pres.

His tenure was of various kinds.

Abolition of feudal forms and tenures.

His tenure of office was short.

What is meant by feudal tenure?

Land was held on various tenures.

In small tenure for money rental.

During the first tenure of Rev.

The tenure of office should be stable.

A hereditary tenure is natural to them.

Ten., for Ancient Tenures of Land.

He held tenure only during strenuous operation.

The act of reducing to feudal tenure.

Theoretically, it occupied the tenure of a debt.

His tenure of life hung on a thread.

His tenure of office must have been brief.

What was his probable tenure of life?

Personal tenure of land did not exist.

He was very careful about his tenure.

This tenure is sometimes communal, sometimes individual.

The goose frequently figures in English tenures.

His soul knows not title or tenure.

Tenures of land and customs of manors.

Application of the formula of dependent tenure.

Burman's tenure of existence barred the ceremony.

Remember that this is a yearly tenure.

When it is paid according to the tenure.

Brown is held on a very precarious tenure.

Louis Philippe should have made that tenure certain.

Presently his tenure of office is very precarious.

Stanton's case comes under the Tenure-of-office Act?

Was the tenure of office to be good behavior?

They saw something very like military tenure.

Another important factor was insecurity of tenure.

Weak land tenure of hunting and pastoral tribes.

Burke's first tenure of office was very brief.

The tenure of office was brief and insecure.

Their tenure of land was insignificant in extent.

These are the common incidents of feudal tenure.

The tenure of office law was repealed in 1887.

How uncertain is our tenure of any one possession!

Even this dominion of force is a fragile tenure.

A few quaint tenures are of quite modern origin.

Causes of the changes in the tenure of land.

Because they had permanent tenures and fair rents.

Most of the others have had brief tenures.

They are not very familiar with land tenures.

The tenure of their places was extremely precarious.

Upon what tenure is she allowed to hold it?

The tenure of the teacher varies in different schools.

It moreover abolished all the feudal burdens of tenure.

Its one absorbing question was the tenure of land.

There is no security of tenure within its valley!

There are, however, various modifications of the feudal tenure.

Now came on the famous "Tenure of Office" affair.

The conditions of existence secure it an assured tenure.

His tenure of office was in every way successful.

His tenure of office was of very brief duration.

Even the tenure of land upon military service existed.

This president's tenure of office was of short duration.

He brought in no new system of tenure or government.

The tenure system only adds another structural burden.

Boys' dogs are generally held under this tenure.

Hooker, after a tenure of less than three months.

This is the feudal tenure which they cannot alter.

The feudal system of tenure was prevalent almost everywhere.

Their tenure of their posts is sometimes highly insecure.

He is a free man, his tenure is a free tenure.

He considered these as rendering the tenure during pleasure.

It stands outside the general system of land tenure.

He holds his lands under a variety of tenures.

Where land is abundant the tenure will be easy.

What is the tenure, pray you let me know?

That tenure-of-office law did not pass without notice.

I am no stranger to the insecurity of its tenure.

It is not based on the feudal doctrine of tenures.

The average tenure of office with teachers is twenty-five years.

There are many ideas that have a very insecure tenure.

Again, the classification is one of tenures not of tenants.

He has but a very short tenure of office left.