Tenor

ten'ur, n. continuity of state*, general run or currency purport the higher of the two kinds of voices usually belonging to adult males the part next above the ba in a vocal quartette one who sings tenor. [L tenor a holding on teneo, to hold Tense, tens, «, the form of a verb to indicate the time of the action. [Lit time,’ O. Fr. tens (Fr. temps — L tentpus, time