2. Noun. mode of dress ¹
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Definition of Tenue
1. a manner of dress [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tenue
Literary usage of Tenue
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"... liui Una iiL-u tenue will пишу questions breede ; Therefore at first i will
expresse ut lull, Who is к true und ..."
2. Old Kent: The Eastern Shore of Maryland ; Notes Illustrative of the Most by George Adolphus Hanson (1876)
"The Court doth therefore Order that ye sd Wm. Price shall pay tenue pounds of tob.
for Everie Oath, particularized in ye information; And that John ..."
3. Source Problems on the French Revolution by Fred Morrow Fling, Helene Dresser Fling (1913)
"Seance tenue par le roi aux Mats generaux, le 23 Juin, 1789. as DISCOURSE OP THE
KING GENTLEMEN,—I believed that I had done everything in my power for the ..."
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