Tenet

Noun

 * 1) An opinion, belief, or principle held to be true by someone or especially an organization.

Thesaurus
a belief, article of faith, axiom, belief, canon, code, commandment, convention, conviction, credo, creed, dictum, doctrine, dogma, form, formula, general principle, golden rule, guideline, guiding principle, idea, ideology, imperative, law, maxim, mitzvah, moral, norm, opinion, ordinance, persuasion, position, precept, principium, principle, regulation, rubric, rule, settled principle, standard, teaching, view, viewpoint, working principle, working rule

Etymology
tenet:, from teneo:

Translations

 * Finnish: dogmi, opinkappale
 * German:, ,  Glaubenssatz, Theorem
 * Greek:


 * Norwegian:, ,
 * Russian: догмат, доктрина, принцип