adjective
- relating to tenure or the holding of property or position
Usage: legal; formal
Examples
- The tenurial system determined how land was owned and transferred.
- Tenurial rights varied significantly between different regions.
- The professor’s tenurial status protected her academic freedom.
- Medieval tenurial arrangements were complex and hierarchical.
- The court examined the tenurial obligations of the landowner.
- Tenurial disputes often arose over inheritance rights.