Tenet
Pronunciation : Ten"et
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. tenet he holds, fr. tenere to hold. See Tenable.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913