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doctrinal

  • /ˈdɒktɹɪnəl/ UK
  • /dɒkˈtɹaɪnəl/ UK
  • /ˈdɑktɹɪnəl/ US
  • /dɑkˈtɹaɪnəl/ US

Rhymes with -aɪnəl

Where it comes from

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

adjective

  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 gla
  2. obsolete Didactic. The word of God serveth no otherwise than in the nature of a doctrinal instrument.

noun 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 way

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adj of or relating to a doctrine

Españoldoctrinal
中文教義的 /教义的 jiàoyì de, 學說的 /学说的 xuéshuō de, 教條的 /教条的 jiàotiáo de
Portuguêsdoutrinal, doutrinário
Françaisdoctrinal
Deutschdoktrinal
Italianodottrinale
Ελληνικάδογματικός dogmatikós
Românădoctrinal
العربيةمَذْهَبِيّ maḏhabiyy

noun matter of doctrine, or system of doctrines

中文教義 /教义 jiàoyì

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@misc{doctrinal_2026,
  title = {doctrinal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/doctrinal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}