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Webster 1913 Edition

Dogma

Dog′ma

(dŏg′mȧ)
,
Noun.
;
pl. E.
Dogmas
(dŏg′mȧz)
, L.
Dogmata
(dŏg′mȧ-tȧ)
.
[L.
dogma
, Gr.
δόγμα
,
pl.
δόγματα
, fr.
δοκεῖν
to think, seem, appear; akin to L.
decet
it is becoming. Cf.
Decent
.]
1.
That which is held as an opinion; a tenet; a doctrine.
The obscure and loose
dogmas
of early antiquity.
Whewell.
2.
A formally stated and authoritatively settled doctrine; a definite, established, and authoritative tenet.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dogma

DOGMA

,
Noun.
[Gr., to think; L.] A settled opinion; a principle, maxim or tenet; a doctrinal notion, particularly in matters of faith and philosophy; as the dogmas of the church; the dogmas of Plato.
Compliment my dogma, and I will compliment yours.

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