Tenet Definition

tĕnĭt
tenets
noun
tenets
A principle, doctrine, or belief held as a truth, as by some group.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Tenet

Noun

Singular:
tenet
Plural:
tenets

Origin of Tenet

  • Probably from Medieval Latin from Latin third person sing. present indicative of tenēre to hold ten- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin tenet (“he holds"), from teneō (“hold; have")

    From Wiktionary

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