"article of faith" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "articles of faith",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "parents": [
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          "source": "w"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2023 July 22, Andrew Anthony, “The pro-extinctionist philosopher who has sparked a battle over humanity’s future”, in The Observer, →ISSN",
          "text": "It’s an article of faith among longtermists that an event that led to the loss of 99% of humanity would be vastly preferable to one that kills off 100%.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A thing that is believed as a matter of faith."
      ],
      "id": "en-article_of_faith-en-noun-5QJnGB9t",
      "links": [
        [
          "believe",
          "believe"
        ],
        [
          "faith",
          "faith"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "profession of faith"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "credendum"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "thing that is believed as a matter of faith",
          "word": "uskonkappale"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "thing that is believed as a matter of faith",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "article de foi"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "thing that is believed as a matter of faith",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Glaubensartikel"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "árthro písteos",
          "sense": "thing that is believed as a matter of faith",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "άρθρο πίστεως"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "thing that is believed as a matter of faith",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "airteagal creidimh"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "thing that is believed as a matter of faith",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "artykuł wiary"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "article of faith"
}

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    {
      "form": "articles of faith",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "profession of faith"
    }
  ],
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2023 July 22, Andrew Anthony, “The pro-extinctionist philosopher who has sparked a battle over humanity’s future”, in The Observer, →ISSN",
          "text": "It’s an article of faith among longtermists that an event that led to the loss of 99% of humanity would be vastly preferable to one that kills off 100%.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A thing that is believed as a matter of faith."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "believe",
          "believe"
        ],
        [
          "faith",
          "faith"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "credendum"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "thing that is believed as a matter of faith",
      "word": "uskonkappale"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "thing that is believed as a matter of faith",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "article de foi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "thing that is believed as a matter of faith",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Glaubensartikel"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "árthro písteos",
      "sense": "thing that is believed as a matter of faith",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "άρθρο πίστεως"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "thing that is believed as a matter of faith",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "airteagal creidimh"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "thing that is believed as a matter of faith",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "artykuł wiary"
    }
  ],
  "word": "article of faith"
}