from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
adjective Characterized by, belonging to, or concerning doctrine.
from The Century Dictionary.
Pertaining to doctrine; consisting of or characterized by doctrine; relating or pertaining to fundamental belief or instruction: as, doctrinal theology; doctrinal soundness in religion, science, or politics; a doctrinal controversy.
Serving for instruction or guidance; having the office or effect of teaching.
noun Something that is a part of doctrine; a tenet or article of belief.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun A matter of doctrine; also, a system of doctrines.
adjective Pertaining to, or containing, doctrine or something taught and to be believed.
adjective Pertaining to, or having to do with, teaching.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
adjective Of, relating to, involving, belonging to or concerning a doctrine.
adjective obsoleteDidactic.
noun A matter of doctrine, or system of doctrines.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
adjective relating to or involving or preoccupied with doctrine
Etymologies
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French doctrinal.
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Examples
His seeming indifference to attempts to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, his support for a constitutional amendment to deny birthright citizenship to children of illegal aliens, and his opposition to the Nafta and Cafta free trade agreements in the name of doctrinal purity are at odds with most libertarians.
It is whether you can get a great law teaching job these days professing no interest whatsoever in doctrinal elaboration, doctrinal reform, doctrinal justification or doctrinal history.
The devil, as an unclean spirit, is working both in doctrinal errors (Rev.xvi. 13), and in practical debauchery (2 Pet.ii. 10); and in both these, ministers have a charge against him.
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