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CONTENEMENT

Definition: CONTENEMENT

CONTENEMENT

Noun

1. 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; appurtenance.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Specialty Definition: CONTENEMENT

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Literature

Contenement A word used in Magna Charta, meaning the lands and chattels connected with a tenement; also whatever befits the social position of a person, as the arms of a gentleman, the merchandise of a trader, the ploughs and wagons of a peasant, etc.
"In every case the contenement (a word expressive of chattels necessary to each man's station) was exempted from seizure."- Hallam: Middle Ages, part ii. chap. viii. p. 342. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Rhyming with "CONTENEMENT"

Words rhyming with "CONTENEMENT" (pronounced 'Con*ten"e*ment'): Abandonment, Abasement, Abashment, Abatement, Abetment, Abiliment, Abjurement, Abodement, Abolishment, Aborsement, Abortment, Abridgment, Absentment, Abutment, Acclimatement, Accompaniment, Accomplishment, Accordment, Accouchement, Accouplement, Accroachment, Accrument, Accusement, Acharnement, Acknowledgment, Acquirement, Acquitment, Additament, Adjournment, Adjudgment, Adjument, Adjustment, Admonishment, Adorement, Adornment, Advancement, Advertisement, Advisement, Affamishment, Affeerment, Afforcement, Afforciament, Affordment, Affranchisement, Affrayment, Affreightment, Affrightment, Aggrandizement, Aggroupment, Agistment. (additional references)

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Anagrams: CONTENEMENT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-m-n-n-n-o-t-t"

-3 letters: tenement.

-4 letters: contemn, content, entente.

-5 letters: cement, cenote, nocent, nonmen, toneme.

 Words containing the letters "c-e-e-e-m-n-n-n-o-t-t"
 

+5 letters: malcontentedness.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: CONTENEMENT


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 4F 4E 54 45 4E 45 4D 45 4E 54

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01001111 01001110 01010100 01000101 01001110 01000101 01001101 01000101 01001110 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#79 &#78 &#84 &#69 &#78 &#69 &#77 &#69 &#78 &#84

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 004F 004E 0054 0045 004E 0045 004D 0045 004E 0054

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3749485439483947394854

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Rhymes
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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