Follow mother's belief (5)

I believe the answer is:

dogma

'belief' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'follow mother's' is the wordplay.
'follow' becomes 'dog' (I've seen this before).
'mother' becomes 'ma' (ma can mean mother).
'dog'+'ma'='DOGMA'

(Other definitions for dogma that I've seen before include "Tenet" , "Authoritative doctrine" , "Item of belief" , "Inflexible principles" , "Belief, precept" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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