Formula

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A written confession of faith; a formal statement of foctrines.

(2):

(n.) A prescription or recipe for the preparation of a medicinal compound.

(3):

(n.) A rule or principle expressed in algebraic language; as, the binominal formula.

(4):

(n.) A symbolic expression (by means of letters, figures, etc.) of the constituents or constitution of a compound.

(5):

(n.) A prescribed or set form; an established rule; a fixed or conventional method in which anything is to be done, arranged, or said.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

in ecclesiastical phrase, is a profession of faith.