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Definition of Tenet
1. Noun. A religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof.
Specialized synonyms: Article Of Faith, Credendum
Generic synonyms: Church Doctrine, Creed, Gospel, Religious Doctrine
Derivative terms: Dogmatic, Dogmatize, Dogmatize
Definition of Tenet
1. n. Any opinion, principle, dogma, belief, or doctrine, which a person holds or maintains as true; as, the tenets of Plato or of Cicero.
Definition of Tenet
1. Noun. An opinion, belief, or principle held to be true by someone or especially an organization. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tenet
1. a principle, belief, or doctrine held to be true [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tenet
Literary usage of Tenet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Historical Review by Mandell Creighton, Justin Winsor, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Reginald Lane Poole, John Goronwy Edwards (1916)
"Stephanus de Cliva tenet j. ... S. Johannes filius Capellani tenet j. ...
virgata tenet xviij. acras in utroque campo. ..."
2. A History of Agriculture and Prices in England: From the Year After the by James Edwin Thorold Rogers, Arthur George Liddon Rogers (1866)
"Idem tenet dimidiam acram teme. Redditus per annum ad dictos términos ...
Idem tenet sex acras terras quae fuerunt Willelmi le Falle, per cartam Redditus ..."
3. Report on the Manuscripts of the Marquess of Lothian, Preserved at Blickling by John Hobert Buckinghamshire, Robert Schomberg Kerr Lothian (1905)
"Will, le Kat tenet Ix acr. pasture de Will, de Ecclesia et reddit per an. dim.
marc., et Will, de Ecclesia tenet de Priore de ..."
4. A History of American Literature by Moses Coit Tyler (1878)
"... the author seems to gather up all his powers of thought, feeling, and utterance
for one final onset; and he proceeds to hurl upon the tenet, ..."
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