[dog.ma] n, pl dogmas also dog.ma.ta [L dogmat-, dogma, fr. Gk, fr. dokein to seem--more at decent] (1638) 1 a: something held as an established opinion; esp: a definite authoritative tenet b: a code of such tenets "pedagogical ~" c: a point of view or tenet put forth as authoritative without adequate grounds
2: a doctrine or body of doctrines concerning faith or morals formally stated and authoritatively proclaimed by a church