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dogma

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  1. doctrine              
 
dog.ma \'do.g-m*, 'da:g-\ \-m*t-*\ n or dogmas also dog.ma.ta [L dogmat-, 
   dogma, fr. Gk, fr. dokein to seem] pl  1a: something held as an established 
   opinion; esp : a definite auth oritative tenet 1b: a code of such tenets 
   {pedagogical ~}  1c: a point of view or tenet put forth as authoritative 
   without adequate gr ounds 2: a doctrine or body of doctrines concerning 
   faith or morals formally stat ed and authoritatively proclaimed by a church