† tenentn.

Forms: Also 1600s tenant.

Etymology: < Latin tenent ‘they hold’, 3rd person plural present indicative of tenēre to hold.

Obsolete.

= tenet n.Etymologically a tenet ought to be the opinion of one, what he holds, a tenent the opinion of a number, what they hold; but this distinction, if ever observed in using the words as English, was soon lost. Tenent was apparently more used in the 17th cent. than tenet, but became obsolete c1725.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > [noun] > a belief, dogma, tenet

beliefc1225

doctrine1382

creance1393

credencea1535

dogma1534

tenenta1556

impression1613

teneta1620

receptary1646

dogmatism1664

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > serious saying, dictum > [noun] > as rule of conduct, etc.

precepta1325

form1484

principle?1533

tenenta1556

maxima1564

maxim1578

primate1596

teneta1620

brocarda1623

formulaa1638

sutra1801

eleventh commandment1857

metarule1945

a1556 G. Browne Serm. in R. Ware Hist. Coll. Church Ireland (1681) 13 They shall be your greatest enemies, speaking against the Tenents of Rome, and yet be set on by Rome.

1618 J. Hales Let. 27 Dec. 49 in Golden Remains (1659) Episcopius..required that it might be lawful for them to set down their own Tenents.

1638 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 5) ii. ii. iii. 254 But..to grant this their tenent of the earths motion.

1646 Sir T. Browne (title) Pseudodoxia epidemica, or enquiries into very many received tenents, and commonly presumed truths.

1654 T. Fuller Inaug. Serm. 21 Being so fickle in their Tenents.

1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature v. 111 People of differing religions judge and condemn each other by their own tenents.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

tenentadj.

/ˈtɛnənt/

Etymology: < Latin tenēnt-em holding, present participle of tenēre to hold.

rare.

Holding.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > [adjective]

fasta1398

gripple1513

nipping1566

griping?1573

grasping1577

gripping1623

tenacious1647

holding1681

vice-like1835

tenent1861

1861 T. West in Trans. Linn. Soc. (1862) 23 408 That these [hair-like appendages] are the immediate agents in holding is now admitted by almost all; it will be convenient to term them ‘tenent hairs’, in allusion to their office.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	tenent
释义	† tenentn. Forms: Also 1600s tenant. Etymology: < Latin tenent ‘they hold’, 3rd person plural present indicative of tenēre to hold. Obsolete. = tenet n.Etymologically a tenet ought to be the opinion of one, what he holds, a tenent the opinion of a number, what they hold; but this distinction, if ever observed in using the words as English, was soon lost. Tenent was apparently more used in the 17th cent. than tenet, but became obsolete c1725. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > [noun] > a belief, dogma, tenet beliefc1225 doctrine1382 creance1393 credencea1535 dogma1534 tenenta1556 impression1613 teneta1620 receptary1646 dogmatism1664 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > serious saying, dictum > [noun] > as rule of conduct, etc. precepta1325 form1484 principle?1533 tenenta1556 maxima1564 maxim1578 primate1596 teneta1620 brocarda1623 formulaa1638 sutra1801 eleventh commandment1857 metarule1945 a1556 G. Browne Serm. in R. Ware Hist. Coll. Church Ireland (1681) 13 They shall be your greatest enemies, speaking against the Tenents of Rome, and yet be set on by Rome. 1618 J. Hales Let. 27 Dec. 49 in Golden Remains (1659) Episcopius..required that it might be lawful for them to set down their own Tenents. 1638 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 5) ii. ii. iii. 254 But..to grant this their tenent of the earths motion. 1646 Sir T. Browne (title) Pseudodoxia epidemica, or enquiries into very many received tenents, and commonly presumed truths. 1654 T. Fuller Inaug. Serm. 21 Being so fickle in their Tenents. 1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature v. 111 People of differing religions judge and condemn each other by their own tenents. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020). tenentadj. /ˈtɛnənt/ Etymology: < Latin tenēnt-em holding, present participle of tenēre to hold. rare. Holding. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > [adjective] fasta1398 gripple1513 nipping1566 griping?1573 grasping1577 gripping1623 tenacious1647 holding1681 vice-like1835 tenent1861 1861 T. West in Trans. Linn. Soc. (1862) 23 408 That these [hair-like appendages] are the immediate agents in holding is now admitted by almost all; it will be convenient to term them ‘tenent hairs’, in allusion to their office. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.a1556adj.1861
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