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Definition: CONTENEMENT |
CONTENEMENTNoun1. 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. |
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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. | |
| 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) |
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. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 4F 4E 54 45 4E 45 4D 45 4E 54 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. --- -. - . -. . -- . -. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01001111 01001110 01010100 01000101 01001110 01000101 01001101 01000101 01001110 01010100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C O N T E N E M E N T |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 004F 004E 0054 0045 004E 0045 004D 0045 004E 0054 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3749485439483947394854 |
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