Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
TENET
dogma, tenet
(noun) a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
tenet (plural tenets)
An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.
Anagrams
• etten
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
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