Other forms: tenets
A tenet is a principle held firmly by a group. A central tenet, the basic tenets, a tenet of the faith.
It is nearly always plural and belongs to beliefs and doctrines rather than to rules. The word is a Latin verb form meaning he holds, which is how a great many doctrinal statements began.
1nountenetA principle held firmly by a group.
“Non-violence is a central tenet of their religion.”
tenet is a principle.
Latin tenet means he holds, from tenere, to hold.
Proto-Indo-European
*ten-
Latin
tenet — he, she, or it holds
English, today
tenet
Built from
Latin tenet (“he, she, or it holds”), from teneō (“hold; have”). Compare obsolete tenent. See tenable.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA