Both Uses of
tenet
in
Babbitt
- Indeed, one of the most enthusiastic Rotarians I ever met boosted the tenets of one-hundred-per-cent pep in a burr that smacked o' bonny Scutlond and all ye bonny braes o' Bobby Burns.†
Chpt 14 *
- I believe the highest type of Service, like the most progressive tenets of ethics, senses unceasingly and is motived by active adherence and loyalty to that which is the essential principle of Boosterism—Good Citizenship in all its factors and aspects.†
Chpt 21
Definition:
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(tenet) an important belief that is part of a larger framework of beliefs