11 June 2017
tenet
[ten-it; British also tee-nit]
noun
1. any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
Origin of tenet
1590-1600; < Latin: he holds
Can be confused
tenant, tenet.
Synonyms
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belief, position.
Examples from the Web for tenet
Contemporary Examples
Asked who would have made the order, Clarke replies, “I would think it would have been made by the director,” referring to tenet.
An Explosive New 9/11 Charge
Philip Shenon
August 10, 2011
When tenet was asked whether it was appropriate to describe Ciralsky that way, tenet answered, “No.”
Ex-Chief: CIA Investigation Could Be Construed as Anti-Semitic
Eli Lake
April 22, 2012
“Thou shalt not overspend” is rapidly becoming a tenet of the evangelical belief system, rivaling social issues like gay marriage.
Evangelicals Preach the Gospel of Getting Out of Debt
Lisa Miller
February 25, 2011
“Well, they could die,” tenet remembers telling Black about his staff.
Meet Mitt Romney’s Trusted Envoy to the Dark Side, Cofer Black
Eli Lake
April 10, 2012
By late Jan. 2003, tenet had signed the first formal guidelines for interrogation and confinement.
Inside the CIA’s Sadistic Dungeon
Tim Mak
December 8, 2014
Historical Examples
The splendid creature felt the warmth of tenet ‘s breath upon her neck, and her skin tingled under that burning contact.
Mayflower (Flor de mayo)
Vicente Blasco Ibez
He was as unconscious, almost, as he had been back there in tenet ‘s cabin after his fall.
Mayflower (Flor de mayo)
Vicente Blasco Ibez
A notable contrast is afforded by the entry: ‘In villa que vocatur Blot tenet ipse R. iiii.
Feudal England — Historical Studies On The Eleventh And Twelfth Centuries
J.H. Round
Was it something in a cast of character or a tenet of a creed, or was it what any one could emulate?
The Letter of the Contract
Basil King
Dogma, dog′ma, n. a settled opinion: a principle or tenet : a doctrine laid down with authority.
Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)
Various
Today’s quote
To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.
– Marilyn vos Savant
On this day
11 June 1955 – during the 24 hour Le Mans race, a Mercedes 300 crashes at high speed. Debris, including the engine block, axles and bonnet, slams through the crowd killing 83 spectators. The bonnet decapitated a number of spectators who had been tightly packed into the stand. The driver was also killed.
11 June 1962 – Three prisoners escape from the federal prison on Alcatraz Island. The three men, Frank Morris, and brothers, Clarence and John Anglin were never found. Authorities believe it is most likely that the three men did not survive the swim across San Francisco Bay, although their bodies were never recovered.
11 June 2001 – Timothy McVeigh executed for his role in the 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing, which killed 168 people, 19 of whom were children or babies.