se-tenant

se-tenant
/seuh ten"euhnt, set'n ahonn", seuh teuh nahonn"/, n. Philately.
a group of stamps that differ in color, value, or design but are printed together on the same sheet and are collected without separating the stamps.
Also, se tenant.
[1910-15; < F: lit., standing, remaining, holding together, equiv. to se 3d sing. reflexive pronoun + tenant prp. of tenir to hold (see TENANT)]

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