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tenet

te·net

UK/ˈtɛnɪt/ US/ˈtɛnət/ uncommon

noun

1.

a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof

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Borrowed from Latin tenet (“he, she, or it holds”), from teneō (“hold; have”). Compare obsolete tenent. See tenable.

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