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doctrinal en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈdɒktɹɪnəl/ (UK)
  • /dɒkˈtɹaɪnəl/ (UK)
  • /ˈdɑktɹɪnəl/ (US)
  • (US) audio
  • /dɑkˈtɹaɪnəl/ (US)

Etymology

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

Meanings

  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 glamorous prospect of a 'final battle' for universal liberation. 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 Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 114:
    • […]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):

Deriveds

counterdoctrinal · doctrinally · undoctrinal · doctrinalist · doctrinalism · nondoctrinal

Relateds

doctor · docile · doctrine · docent · indoctrinate · doctrinaire · doctorate · document

Translations (23)

de doktrinal (of or relating to a doctrine) · nl leerstellig (of or relating to a doctrine) · it dottrinale (of or relating to a doctrine) · nl doctrinair (of or relating to a doctrine) · fi oppi- (of or relating to a doctrine) · la doctrinalis (of or relating to a doctrine) · cmn 學說的 /学说的 (of or relating to a doctrine) · ga foirceadail (of or relating to a doctrine) · ga foirceadlach (of or relating to a doctrine) · cmn 教義的 /教义的 (of or relating to a doctrine) · ca doctrinal (of or relating to a doctrine) · gl doutrinal (of or relating to a doctrine) · pt doutrinário (of or relating to a doctrine) · cmn 教條的 /教条的 (of or relating to a doctrine) · el δογματικός (of or relating to a doctrine) · pt doutrinal (of or relating to a doctrine) · fr doctrinal (of or relating to a doctrine) · ro doctrinal (of or relating to a doctrine) · io doktrinala (of or relating to a doctrine) · eo doktrina (of or relating to a doctrine) · pl doktrynalny (of or relating to a doctrine) · fi opillinen (of or relating to a doctrine) · es doctrinal (of or relating to a doctrine)

doctrinal en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈdɒktɹɪnəl/ (UK)
  • /dɒkˈtɹaɪnəl/ (UK)
  • /ˈdɑktɹɪnəl/ (US)
  • (US) audio
  • /dɑkˈtɹaɪnəl/ (US)

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. A matter of doctrine, or system of doctrines.
    • The Doctrinal of Princes 1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC:
    • 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 way a. 1680, Thomas Goodwin, The Object and Acts of Justifying Faith:

Forms

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Translations (2)

cmn 教義 /教义 (matter of doctrine, or system of doctrines) · fi opillisuus (matter of doctrine, or system of doctrines)