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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Academicism :: Academicism (n.) A tenet of the Academic philosophy.
Semi-pelagian :: Semi-Pelagian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Semi-Pelagians, or their tenets..
Secularism :: Secularism (n.) The tenets or principles of the secularists.
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..
Dogma :: Dogma (n.) A formally stated and authoritatively settled doctrine; a definite, established, and authoritative tenet..
Tenent :: Tenent (n.) A tenet.
Antinomianism :: Antinomianism (n.) The tenets or practice of Antinomians.
Materialism :: Materialism (n.) The doctrine of materialists; materialistic views and tenets.
Orangeism :: Orangeism (n.) Attachment to the principles of the society of Orangemen; the tenets or practices of the Orangemen.
Belief :: Belief (n.) A tenet, or the body of tenets, held by the advocates of any class of views; doctrine; creed..
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..
Semi-pelagianism :: Semi-Pelagianism (n.) The doctrines or tenets of the Semi-Pelagians.
Skepticism :: Skepticism (n.) The doctrine that no fact or principle can be certainly known; the tenet that all knowledge is uncertain; Pyrrohonism; universal doubt; the position that no fact or truth, however worthy of confidence, can be established on philosophical grounds; critical investigation or inquiry, as opposed to the positive assumption or assertion of certain principles..
Ranterism :: Ranterism (n.) The practice or tenets of the Ranters.
Liberal :: Liberal (a.) Not bound by orthodox tenets or established forms in political or religious philosophy; independent in opinion; not conservative; friendly to great freedom in the constitution or administration of government; having tendency toward democratic or republican, as distinguished from monarchical or aristocratic, forms; as, liberal thinkers; liberal Christians; the Liberal party..
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..
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..
Humanitarianism :: Humanitarianism (n.) The distinctive tenet of the humanitarians in denying the divinity of Christ; also, the whole system of doctrine based upon this view of Christ..
Donatism :: Donatism (n.) The tenets of the Donatists.
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