the holding of a position or an office, or the period of time for which it is held
chiefly NAmer an enhanced and more secure employment status giving freedom from summary dismissal until retirement, esp in a teaching post
the conditions under which a property is held or occupied
tenurial /təʹnyoori·əl/ adj
[Middle English via Old French teneüre, tenure from medieval Latin tenitura, ultimately from Latin tenēre to hold]