adjective
doctrinal
DAHK-truh-nul/ˈdɑːktrənl/
Relating to official teachings or principles.
The catechist uses devotional pictures to give doctrinal instruction to the learner.
Etymology
Doctrina covered both teaching and what was taught as true. A body of such teachings became a set of accepted principles, so doctrinal describes matters concerning those principles.
In context
Doctrinal beliefs on baptism, doctrinal beliefs on how someone's saved, and what you know, how those things are constituted.
More examples
- The church publishes a statement clarifying its doctrinal position.
- The military manual outlines doctrinal changes in coastal defense.
- Both parties share broad goals despite their doctrinal disagreements.
Forms
doctrinal
doctrine noun — An established teaching or set of principles.
doctrinally adverb — In matters of official teaching or principles.
Similar words
- theological
- Specifically concerns religious beliefs, not all systems of principles.
- ideological
- Concerns a system of ideas, especially political or social.