Doctrinal
['dɑktrənl]
Definition
(adj.) relating to or involving or preoccupied with doctrine; 'quibbling over doctrinal minutiae' .
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Definition
(a.) Pertaining to, or containing, doctrine or something taught and to be believed; as, a doctrinal observation.
(a.) Pertaining to, or having to do with, teaching.
(n.) A matter of doctrine; also, a system of doctrines.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Didactic, catechetical, theological
ANT:Practical, operative
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Examples
- But they questioned the doctrinal soundness of Rome and the orthodox interpretation of the Bible. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The importance of this last issue to the existing doctrinal system was manifest. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In his closest meditations the life-long habit of Mr. Bulstrode's mind clad his most egoistic terrors in doctrinal references to superhuman ends. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The spirit of Jesus, for all the doctrinal dissensions that prevailed, made a great freemasonry throughout and even beyond the limits of the empire. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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