dogma, tenet
(noun) a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tenet (plural tenets)
An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.
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Source: Wiktionary
Ten"et, n. Etym: [L. tenet he holds, fr. tenere to hold. See Tenable.]
Definition: 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’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
