Tenets
[tenɪts]
Examples
- Almost every different congregation might probably have had a little sect by itself, or have entertained some peculiar tenets of its own. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He could but admit, according to his sincere tenets, that the disquality was wrong. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But this could be done only by adopting, or, at least, by favouring the tenets of that particular sect. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The single legislature and the plural executive seem to have been his favourite tenets. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
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