- 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. Source: opted
- 2. n. a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof Source: wordnet
- 3. 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
- 4. Any opinion, principle, dogma, belief, or doctrine, which aperson holds or maintains as true; as, the tenets of Plato or ofCicero.That al animals of the land are in their kind in the sea, . . . is atenet very questionable. Sir T. Browne.The religious tenets of his family he had early renounced withcontempt. Macaulay. Source: adambom
- 5. n:100 n a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof Source: ecdict
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