Dogma /(dŏg"mȧ)/

Dog·ma

Dogma

n.

pl. Dogmas, Dogmata ((dŏg"mȧz))

  1. That which is held as an opinion; a tenet; a doctrine.
    The obscure and loose dogmas of early antiquity.
  2. A formally stated and authoritatively settled doctrine; a definite, established, and authoritative tenet.
  3. A doctrinal notion asserted without regard to evidence or truth; an arbitrary dictum.