Religious principle
The crossword clue "Religious principle" is answered by TENET, a 5-letter entry. Used 19 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TENET
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TENET answer page.
Used 19 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for TENET
Every other clue in this collection answered by TENET, most used first.
- Doctrine - used 234 times, most recently in 2026
- Belief - used 191 times, most recently in 2026
- Principle - used 183 times, most recently in 2026
- Basic belief - used 87 times, most recently in 2026
- Core belief - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
- Article of faith - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
- Basic principle - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- Dogma - used 54 times, most recently in 2023
- Precept - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
- Palindromic principle - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Guiding principle - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Religious doctrine - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
- Religious belief - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Core principle - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Credo - used 19 times, most recently in 2011
- Creed - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
- Fundamental belief - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Fundamental principle - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Moral principle - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Something to believe in - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Group belief - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Palindromic belief - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Words to live by - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Opinion - used 11 times, most recently in 2004
- Principle of faith - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Conviction - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
- Position - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
- Former CIA director George - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Group principle - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Guiding belief - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Ism - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Believe it! - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Bit of dogma - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Maxim - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Palindromist's dogma - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
- Postulation - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Moral principle - ETHIC, used 89 times
- Religious offshoots - SECTS, used 58 times
- Religious groups - SECTS, used 46 times
- Guiding principle - CREDO, used 37 times
- Religious leader - RABBI, used 33 times
- Religious factions - SECTS, used 31 times
Search the clue collection
Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.