Definition of tenet

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Tenet (n.) Any opinion, principle, dogma, belief, or doctrine, which a person holds or maintains as true; as, the tenets of Plato or of Cicero..

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Arianize :: Arianize (v. i.) To admit or accept the tenets of the Arians; to become an Arian.
Doctrine :: Doctrine (n.) That which is taught; what is held, put forth as true, and supported by a teacher, a school, or a sect; a principle or position, or the body of principles, in any branch of knowledge; any tenet or dogma; a principle of faith; as, the doctrine of atoms; the doctrine of chances..
Dogma :: Dogma (n.) That which is held as an opinion; a tenet; a doctrine.
Paradox :: Paradox (n.) A tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion; an assertion or sentiment seemingly contradictory, or opposed to common sense; that which in appearance or terms is absurd, but yet may be true in fact..
Dogma :: Dogma (n.) A formally stated and authoritatively settled doctrine; a definite, established, and authoritative tenet..
Solifidian :: Solifidian (a.) Holding the tenets of Solifidians; of or pertaining to the solifidians.
Principle :: Principle (v. t.) To equip with principles; to establish, or fix, in certain principles; to impress with any tenet, or rule of conduct, good or ill..
Arminian :: Arminian (n.) One who holds the tenets of Arminius, a Dutch divine (b. 1560, d. 1609)..
Quakerism :: Quakerism (n.) The peculiar character, manners, tenets, etc., of the Quakers..
Dunker :: Dunker (n.) One of a religious denomination whose tenets and practices are mainly those of the Baptists, but partly those of the Quakers; -- called also Tunkers, Dunkards, Dippers, and, by themselves, Brethren, and German Baptists..
Calvinism :: Calvinism (n.) The theological tenets or doctrines of John Calvin (a French theologian and reformer of the 16th century) and his followers, or of the so-called calvinistic churches..
Tenet :: Tenet (n.) Any opinion, principle, dogma, belief, or doctrine, which a person holds or maintains as true; as, the tenets of Plato or of Cicero..
Molinism :: Molinism (n.) The doctrines of the Molinists, somewhat resembling the tenets of the Arminians..
Dogmatical :: Dogmatical (a.) Pertaining to a dogma, or to an established and authorized doctrine or tenet..
Opponency :: Opponency (n.) The act of opening an academical disputation; the proposition of objections to a tenet, as an exercise for a degree..
Sectarian :: Sectarian (n.) Pertaining to a sect, or to sects; peculiar to a sect; bigotedly attached to the tenets and interests of a denomination; as, sectarian principles or prejudices..
Antinomianism :: Antinomianism (n.) The tenets or practice of Antinomians.
Bigotry :: Bigotry (n.) The practice or tenets of a bigot.
Uckewallist :: Uckewallist (n.) One of a sect of rigid Anabaptists, which originated in 1637, and whose tenets were essentially the same as those of the Mennonists. In addition, however, they held that Judas and the murderers of Christ were saved. So called from the founder of the sect, Ucke Wallis, a native of Friesland..
Sabbatarian :: Sabbatarian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Sabbath, or the tenets of Sabbatarians..
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