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doctrinal

UK/ˈdɒktɹɪnəl//ˈdɑktɹɪnəl/

doctrinal adjective: of, relating to, involving, belonging to or concerning a doctrine.

Adjective

doctrinal

  1. Of, relating to, involving, belonging to or concerning a doctrine.
    • Thus it was not only in the doctrinal field that revisionism called into question the traditional belief in the revolutionary mission of the proletariat: the belief was challenged, perhaps more effectively still, by the success of revisionism as a social phenomenon, which robbed socialism of the...1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in...
    • […]yet inevitably, [JD] Vance is already giving menacing doctrinal advice to the pope as part of the multi-theatre fallout of Operation Epic Facepalm.2026 April 17, Marina Hyde, “Is the pope Catholic? JD Vance thinks he has an answer”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
  2. (obsolete) Didactic.
    • The word of God serveth no otherwise than in the nature of a doctrinal instrument.[1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page)

Noun

doctrinal (plural doctrinals)

  1. A matter of doctrine, or system of doctrines.
    • His Teaching is not to teach you the Doctrinals of Salvation and of the Son, for he leaves that to Ministers, and to the Bible, to teach you the Doctrinals only in a doctrinal waya. 1680, Thomas Goodwin, The Object and Acts of Justifying Faith
    • The Doctrinal of Princes1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC

doctrinal meaning in Urdu

doctrinal in Urdu

مذہبی

Examples of doctrinal in a sentence

  • The dubia began as a private letter, as is usual with such requests for doctrinal clarity.
  • In this work Homer and Virgil already appear beside Cicero and Plato as doctrinal authorities.
  • In the case of Tenrikyo, both structural and doctrinal elements have contributed to the development of derivative movements.

All 10 example sentences with doctrinal

Forms of doctrinal

pluraldoctrinals

Origin of doctrinal

The noun form was from French doctrinal; the adjective form was perhaps from Late Latin doctrīnālis, from doctrīna.

Words formed from doctrinal

Words that rhyme with doctrinal

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Questions about doctrinal

What does doctrinal mean?
Doctrinal means of, relating to, involving, belonging to or concerning a doctrine.
What is doctrinal in Urdu?
Doctrinal in Urdu is مذہبی. See Doctrinal meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is doctrinal?
Doctrinal can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce doctrinal?
Doctrinal is pronounced /ˈdɒktɹɪnəl/ (UK).

Words near doctrinal in the dictionary

  1. doctrinaire
  2. doctrinairely
  3. doctrinaires
  4. doctrinairism
  5. doctrinairisms
  6. doctrinal
  7. doctrinalism
  8. doctrinalisms
  9. doctrinalist
  10. doctrinalists
  11. doctrinality

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