Hypertext Webster Gateway: "doctrinal"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Doctrinal \Doc"tri*nal\, n.
A matter of doctrine; also, a system of doctrines. --T.
Goodwin. Sir T. Elyot.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Doctrinal \Doc"tri*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.

2. Pertaining to, or having to do with, teaching.

The word of God serveth no otherwise than in the
nature of a doctrinal instrument. -- Hooker.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

doctrinal
adj : relating to or involving or preoccupied with doctrine;
"quibbling over doctrinal minutiae"


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