tenent2 (tenent)

In her., same as tenant1, 3. tenent3+ (tenent), n. [L. tenent, they hold, 3d pers. pl. pres. ind. of tenere, hold: see tenant, Cf. tenet. Same as tenet. We shall in our sermons take occasion now and then, where it may be pertinent, discover the weakne the puritan principles and tenents to the people. Bp . Sanders on, Cases of Conscience. ( Latham .) A the is me and Sadducism disputed; Their Tenents argued, and refuted. Heywood, Hierarchy of Angels, p. 3. teneral (ten'e-ral), a . [ tener , soft, delicate, + -al . ] In entom ., noting the incomplete imago of a neuropterous insect, soon after it has pa ed from the pupal state, and while it is yet soft. See pseudimago and subimago .