| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ten·et |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  t n  t |
| NOUN: | An opinion, doctrine, or principle held as being true by a person or especially by an organization. See synonyms at doctrine. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Probably from Medieval Latin, from Latin, third person sing. present indicative of ten re, to hold. See ten- in Appendix I.
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