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tenet (ten′it)

noun

a principle, doctrine, or belief held as a truth, as by some group

Etymology: L, he holds < tenere: see tenant

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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