Se-tenant Definition

sə-tĕnənt, sĕtn-äɴ, sə-tə-näɴ

adjective

Designating or of postage stamps joined together as pairs or larger sets, but differing in design, denomination, overprint, etc.

Webster's New World

noun

A se-tenant stamp.

Webster's New World

A set of postage stamps with differing values, colours, etc, but printed on the same sheet.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Se-tenant

Singular:

se-tenant

Plural:

se-tenants

From French se tenant (“holding each other"), present participle of se tenir (“to hold each other")

From Wiktionary
French se reflexive pron. tenant present participle of tenir to hold

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition