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English

Etymology

{{term|tenet|lang=la||he holds}}, from {{term|teneo|tenēo|hold; have}}

Pronunciation

:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɛnɪt|-ɛnɪt

Noun

An opinion, belief, or principle held to be true by someone or especially an organization.

Translations

Finnish: dogmi, opinkappale

Greek: δόγμα (dógma)

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Latin

Verb

{{infl|la|verb form|second conjugation||third person singular present indicative active||first singular|teneo|tenēo}}

{{form of|third person singular present indicative active|teneo|tenēo}} he/she/it has or holds.

Category:Latin palindromes

et:tenet fa:tenet fr:tenet io:tenet no:tenet pl:tenet pt:tenet ru:tenet ta:tenet te:tenet vi:tenet

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Tenet \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.
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That al animals of the land are in their kind in the
sea, . . . is a tenet very questionable. --Sir T.
Browne.
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The religious tenets of his family he had early
renounced with contempt. --Macaulay.
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Syn: Dogma; doctrine; opinion; principle; position. See
Dogma.
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WordNet tenet
n : a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without
proof [syn: dogma]

Moby Dictionary
a belief , article of faith , axiom , belief , canon , code ,
commandment , convention , conviction , credo , creed , dictum ,
doctrine , dogma , form , formula , general principle , golden rule ,
guideline , guiding principle , idea , ideology , imperative , law ,
maxim , mitzvah , moral , norm , opinion , ordinance , persuasion ,
position , precept , principium , principle , regulation , rubric , rule ,
settled principle , standard , teaching , view , viewpoint ,
working principle , working rule

TENET. Which he holds. There are two ways of stating the tenure in an action of waste. The averment is either in the tenet and the tenuit; it has a reference to the time of the waste done, and not to the time of bringing the action. 2. When the averment is in the tenet the plaintiff on obtaining a verdict, will recover the place wasted, namely, that part of the premises in which the waste was exclusively done, if it were done in a par only, together with treble damages. But when the averment is in the tenuit, the tenancy being at an end, he will have judgment for his damages only. 2 Greenl. Ev. 652.