Definition of: tenement

(ten′ə·mənt) noun
1. A room, or set of rooms, designed for one family. See TENEMENT HOUSE.
2. Law Anything of a permanent nature that may be held by one person of another as property, as land, houses, offices, rents, franchises, etc.
3. A house or building; especially, a dwelling house rented or intended for rent; a tenement house.
4. Figuratively, an abode. [<OF <LL tenementum tenure <L tenere hold]
—ten′e·men′ta·ry (-men′tər·ē), ten′e·men′tal (-men′təl) adjective