tenure
ten.ure \'ten-y*r, -.yu.(*)r\ \te-'nyu.r-e--*l\ \-*-le-\ n [ME, fr. OF teneu:re, tenure, fr. ML tenitura, fr. (assumed)] VL tenitus, pp. of L tene-re to hold - more at THIN 1: the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (as a landed proper ty, a position, or an office) 2: GRASP, HOLD - ten.ur.ial aj