01 n. That which is held as an opinion; a tenet; a doctrine.
pl.
Dogmas, Dogmata ((dŏg"mȧz))
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1.
That which is held as an opinion; a tenet; a doctrine.“The obscure and loose dogmas of early antiquity.” — Whewell.
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2.
A formally stated and authoritatively settled doctrine; a definite, established, and authoritative tenet.
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3.
A doctrinal notion asserted without regard to evidence or truth; an arbitrary dictum.
Syn.
tenet; opinion; proposition; doctrine.
-- Dogma, Tenet. A tenet is that which is maintained as true with great firmness; as, the tenets of our holy religion. A dogma is that which is laid down with authority as indubitably true, especially a religious doctrine; as, the dogmas of the church. A tenet rests on its own intrinsic merits or demerits; a dogma rests on authority regarded as competent to decide and determine. Dogma has in our language acquired, to some extent, a repulsive sense, from its carrying with it the idea of undue authority or assumption. This is more fully the case with its derivatives dogmatical and dogmatism.