The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tenent
Tenent \Ten"ent\, n. [L. tenent they hold, 3d pers. pl. pres. of
tenere.]
A tenet. [Obs.]
--Bp. Sanderson.
Wiktionary
tenent
n. (context obsolete English) A tenet.
Usage examples of "tenent".
Mater tenens filiuin, uxorque maritum, In diversa pertrahunt, et tenent invitum, Fratres cum militibus velut compeditum Stringunt, nec discedere sinunt expeditum.