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A musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.
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A person, instrument or group that performs in the tenor (higher than bass and lower than alto) range.
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A musical part or section that holds or performs the main melody, as opposed to the contratenor bassus and contratenor altus, who perform countermelodies.
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The lowest tuned in a ring of bells.
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Tone, as of a conversation.
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Duration; continuance; a state of holding on in a continuous course; general tendency; career.
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The subject in a metaphor to which attributes are ascribed.
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Time to maturity of a bond.
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Stamp; character; nature.
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An exact copy of a writing, set forth in the words and figures of it. It differs from purport, which is only the substance or general import of the instrument.
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That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.
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A tenor saxophone.