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 Meanings and Examples of TENET
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tenet
 n.  opinion, doctrine, or principle held as being true by person or organization
Classic Sentence:
1  Between them, Scarlett and Rhett had outraged every tenet of this code.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
2  She instructed her daughter in the tenets of her religion and taught her to aspire to higher powers of intellect and an independence of spirit forbidden to the female followers of Muhammad.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14
3  Thus, the mummers having gathered hither from scattered points each came with his own tenets on early and late; and they waited a little longer as a compromise.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: 5 Through the Moonlight
Example Sentence:
1  The agnostic did not accept the any tenet of their faith.
2  The incarnation of Jesus Christ is a basic tenet of Christian theology.