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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Tenet(t, Tennet, Ten(n)ent, n. [e.m.E. tenent (1551), tenet (a1619).] A tenet, a dogma, a principle. b. A subject, subject-matter.(a) 1637 Baillie I 9.
One of his grounds is a tenet which he imputts to the bishop, that the Act of Perth does injoyne to kneill 1639 Fugitive Poetry ii xvi 5.
Such tenetts I could never blesse In clergie men, nor laitie 1665–7 Lauder Jrnl. 67.
Their tennet wheirby they teach that we most really and carnally eat our God in the Sacrament 1679 Dunblane Synod 147.
Propagated the pernicious tenets of … Popish errors(b) 1672 Lauder Jrnl. 253.
For a book against the commonly received tennents of witchcraft, 8 pence ?c1675 J. Gordon Hist. III 149.
Some politicall churchmen, who have turnd the tenents of relligion into slavery to the subjectesb. 1640 Baillie I 242.
My notts on the margine will lead … any who desyres to their particular tenets at some figure in the text