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