dogma, ătis, n. (also
I fem. : Pythagoream dogmam doctus, Laber. ap. Prisc. p. 679 fin. P.), = δόγμα, a philosophic tenet , doctrine , dogma , Cic. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 43, 133; id. Fin. 2, 32, 105; Mart. 1, 9; Juv. 13, 121; Vulg. Job, 13, 4 al. (in Cic. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 9, 27, written as Greek). —
II A decree , order (eccl. Lat.): crudele regis, Vulg. Esth. 4, 3; cf. id. Act. 16, 4.