noun pl. dogmas or dogmata
- a doctrine; tenet; belief
- doctrines, tenets, or beliefs, collectively
- a positive, arrogant assertion of opinion
- Eccles. a doctrine or body of doctrines formally and authoritatively affirmed
Origin:
L, an opinion, that which one believes (in LL(Ec), a decree, order) < Gr, opinion, judgment < dokein, to seem: see decent