About The Word Tenet
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Tenet
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What's The Definition Of Tenet?
[n] a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof
Synonyms | Synonyms for Tenet: dogma Related Terms | Find terms related to Tenet: See Also | article of faith | church doctrine | credendum | creed | gospel | religious doctrine Tenet In Webster's Dictionary \Ten"et\, n. [L. tenet he holds, fr. tenere to hold. See
{Tenable}.]
Any opinion, principle, dogma, belief, or doctrine, which a
person holds or maintains as true; as, the tenets of Plato or
of Cicero.
That al animals of the land are in their kind in the
sea, . . . is a tenet very questionable. --Sir T.
Browne.
The religious tenets of his family he had early
renounced with contempt. --Macaulay.
Syn: Dogma; doctrine; opinion; principle; position. See
{Dogma}.
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