Tēn'et, n.

(Synop., § 130), n. [Lat. tenet, he holds, from tenere, to hold.] Any opinion, principle, dogma, or doctrine, which a person holds or maintains as true; as, the tenets of Plato or of Cicero.

The religious tenets of his family he had early renounced with contempt. Macaulay.

Synonyms—Dogma; doctrine; opinion; principle; position. See DOGMA.