contenement
English
editNoun
editcontenement (plural contenements)
- That which is held together with another thing.
- That which is connected with a tenement, or thing holden, as a certain quantity of land adjacent to a dwelling, and necessary to the reputable enjoyment of the dwelling.
Synonyms
editReferences
edit- “contenement”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Middle French
editEtymology
editse contenir (“to behave”) + -ment
Noun
editcontenement m (plural contenemens)
- behavior
- c. 1369, Jean Froissart, Chroniques:
- c'estoit grant beaulté de veoir leur contenement
- It was a beautiful thing to see their behavior