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dogmata
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof [syn: tenet ] a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative; "he believed all the Marxist dogma" [also: dogmata (pl)]
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n. (plural of dogma English)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dogma \Dog"ma\ (d[o^]g"m[.a]), n.; pl. E. Dogmas (d[o^]g"m[.a]z), L. Dogmata (d[o^]g"m[.a]*t[.a]). [L. dogma, Gr. do`gma, pl. do`gmata, fr. dokei^n to think, seem, appear; akin to L. decet it is becoming. Cf. Decent .] That which is held as an opinion; ...
Usage examples of dogmata.
Praedictarum enim quat uor synodorum dogmata sicut sanctas Scripturas et regulas sicut leges observamus.
The Dogmata Theologica of Petavius are a work of incredible labor and compass.
But I have for some time been aware that the dogmata we learn are at times at odds with the past I unearth.
We have had to give up so much, our diverse languages, many of our social philosophies and religious dogmata, our so-called nonproductive lifestyles .
As medicine teaches also about poisons, metaphysics disturbs with inopportune subtleties the dogmata of religion, ethics recommends magnificence (which is not of help to everyone), astrology fosters superstition, optics deceives, music rouses lust, geometry encourages unjust dominion, and mathematics avarice— so the Art of the Romance, though warning us that it is providing fictions, opens a door into the Palace of Absurdity, and when we have lightly stepped inside, slams it shut behind us.