Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for TEN'ET
TEN'ET, n. [L. tenet, he holds.]
Any opinion, principle, dogma, or doctrine which a person believes or maintains as true; as, the tenets of Plato or of Cicero. The tenets of Christians are adopted from the Scriptures; but different interpretations give rise to a great diversity of tenets.
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