doctrinarian
UK/ˌdɒk.tɹɪˈnɛə.ɹi.ən/US/ˌdɑk.tɹɪˈnɛ.ɹi.ən/
doctrinarian noun: a doctrinaire.
Noun
doctrinarian (plural doctrinarians)
- A doctrinaire.
- Protestantism is embodied in a system; so is Popery: but when a man takes up this Via Media, he is a mere doctrinarian—he is wasting his efforts in delineating an invisible phantom; and he will be judged, and fairly, to be trifling, and bookish1872, John Henry Newman, Discussions and Arguments
Forms of doctrinarian
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Words formed from doctrinarian
Words that rhyme with doctrinarian
- Darien
- barbarian
- Aryan
- libertarian
- Arian
- documentarian
- humanitarian
- sabbatarian
- sectarian
- unitarian
- vegetarian
- -arian
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- agrarian
- Bulgarian
- caesarian
- catenarian
- librarian
- lunarian
- Marian
- planetarian
- Ripuarian
- Solarian
- trinitarian
- alphabetarian
- antiauthoritarian
- aquarian
- Bolivarian
- communitarian
- contrarian
- corpuscularian
- denarian
- flexitarian
- futilitarian
- infirmarian
- Kaffrarian
- necessitarian
- nonsectarian
- paraovarian
- parian
- pollotarian
- proprietarian
- quinarian
- sacramentarian
- sanitarian
- semivegetarian
- Tartarean
- Tartarian
- Tocharian
- tricenarian
- valetudinarian
- vestiarian
- acarian
- actiniarian
- actuarian
- aerarian
- alcyonarian
- altitudinarian
- antelapsarian
- antiacarian
- antiegalitarian
Questions about doctrinarian
- What does doctrinarian mean?
- Doctrinarian means a doctrinaire.
- What part of speech is doctrinarian?
- Doctrinarian is a noun.
- How do you pronounce doctrinarian?
- Doctrinarian is pronounced /ˌdɒk.tɹɪˈnɛə.ɹi.ən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of doctrinarian?
- The plural of doctrinarian is doctrinarians.
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