Today's Word "tenet"
Any belief that a person holds as true
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Published in Vocabulary
tenet \TEN-it\ (noun) - Any opinion, principle, dogma, belief, or doctrine that a person holds or maintains as true.
"George lived his life by the simple tenet 'Do unto others before they do unto you.'"
Tenet comes from Latin tenet "he holds" (something as true), from tenere, "to hold."