'Doctrinal' definitions:
Definition of 'doctrinal'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Relating to or involving or preoccupied with doctrine; "quibbling over doctrinal minutiae"
Definition of 'Doctrinal'
From: GCIDE
- Doctrinal \Doc"tri*nal\, n. A matter of doctrine; also, a system of doctrines. --T. Goodwin. Sir T. Elyot. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'doctrinal'
From: GCIDE
- doctrinal \doc"tri*nal\ (d[o^]k"tr[i^]*nal), a. [LL. doctrinalis, fr. L. doctrina: cf. F. doctrinal. See Doctrine.]
- 1. Pertaining to, or containing, doctrine or something taught and to be believed; as, a doctrinal observation. "Doctrinal clauses." --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Pertaining to, or having to do with, teaching. [1913 Webster]
- The word of God serveth no otherwise than in the nature of a doctrinal instrument. -- Hooker. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Doctrinal'
- Doctrinable,
- Doctrinally,
- doctrine,
- Doctrine of chances,
- Doctrine of the sphere,
- Monroe doctrine,
- The Monroe doctrine,
- Unwritten doctrines,
- baptistic doctrine,
- cell doctrine,
- church doctrine,
- doctrine of analogy,
- doctrine of identity,
- doctrine of the hinterland,
- judicial doctrine,
- philosophical doctrine,
- religious doctrine,
- theological doctrine,
- truman doctrine,
- cy pres doctrine,
- The let-alone doctrine