dogma

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  1. noun A doctrine or a corpus of doctrines relating to matters such as morality and faith, set forth in an authoritative manner by a church.
  2. noun An authoritative principle, belief, or statement of ideas or opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true. See Synonyms at doctrine.
  3. noun A principle or belief or a group of them: "The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present” (Abraham Lincoln).

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  • The Christians held such a dogma (some still do) and the Muslims will always hold such a dogma, as long as they remain observant of their faith. —  Israpundit
  • Religion is merely the twisting of the words of an enlightened being resulting in rigid dogma, which is what most ofthese enlightened thinkers were rebelling agaisnt in the first place. —  Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
  • These kids, then fully grown, will have lived through a childhood comprising vigorous exercise, a healthy, balanced attitude to life, historical tuition and real-world activities free of the politically correct dogma which is destroying the very soul of our network of allied European nations. —  The British National Party
  • But thi is no longer the way the Roman Catholic Church uses the word dogma, unfortunately. —  The Continuum
  • What room, they will exclaim, will men have to advance in the arts and science, not to speak of development of doctrine, if this incubus is to rest upon them, and weigh them down, and terrify them into silence and inaction The best answer to this is doubtless an enlarged view of Catholic Christendom, from the earliest times down, for in that period the Pope did possess the prerogative of infallibility, though it has only recently been defined as a dogma. —  Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1, January 1886
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  1. Latin, from Greek, opinion, belief, from dokein, to seem, think; see dek- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French dogme = Spanish Portuguese dogma = Italian dogma, domma = D. G. dogma = Danish dogme = Swedish dogm, from Latin dogma, from Greek δόγμα(τ-), that which seems good, an opinion, view, a public decree, edict, or ordinance, from δοκεῖν, think, seem, appear, seem good (that is, be one's opinion, pleasure, or will, be decreed), = Latin decere, behoove: see decent.
 

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