doctrinal

[ dok-truh-nl; British also dok-trahyn-l ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or concerned with doctrine:

   a doctrinal dispute.

Other Words From

• doctri·nali·ty noun
• doctri·nal·ly adverb
• non·doctri·nal adjective
• non·doctri·nal·ly adverb
• un·doctri·nal adjective
• un·doctri·nal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of doctrinal¹

1400–50; late Middle English < Late Latin doctrīnālis, equivalent to Latin doctrīn ( a ) ( doctrine ) + -ālis -al ¹

Example Sentences

Some of this is not in the briefing, and it may not be obvious from the docket, so I’ll be listening to the arguments and looking at the reasoning once the decisions come out to see what this court is doing in those new doctrinal areas, and what that tells us.

From Slate

Trump knew little of doctrinal matters, but he could spot loyalty.

From Slate

"What we have now in the Age of Trump is a situation where what it means to be a Christian is adherence to political conservative orthodoxy, rather than Christian doctrinal orthodoxy."

From Salon

What we have now in the Age of Trump is a situation where what it means to be a Christian is adherence to political conservative orthodoxy, rather than Christian doctrinal orthodoxy.

From Salon

And the sheer number of religions, and belief systems—not to mention the doctrinal rejection of both—housed under the big tent makes organizing exponentially more complicated for Democrats than for their GOP counterpart, with its handful of more homogenous religious factions.

From Slate

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