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Definition of: doctrine

(doktrin) noun
1. That which is taught or set forth for acceptance or belief; that which is held to be true by any person, sect, or school; especially, in religion, a tenet, or body of tenets; belief; dogma.
2. Obs. Instruction; teaching. [<OF <L doctrina teaching <docere teach] Synonyms: article, belief, dogma, precept, principle, teaching, tenet. Doctrine primarily signifies that which is taught; principle, the fundamental basis on which the teaching rests. A doctrine is reasoned out, and may be defended by reasoning; a dogma rests on authority, as of the decision of the church, etc. A doctrine or dogma is a statement of some one item of belief; a creed is a summary of doctrines or dogmas. Dogma has commonly the signification of a belief arrogantly asserted. Tenet is simply that which is held, and is applied to a single item of belief. Compare FAITH, LAW.

Most often used phrases:

christian doctrine
catholic doctrine
military doctrine
legal doctrine
religious doctrine
church doctrine
doctrine command
new doctrine
fairness doctrine
truman doctrine
bush doctrine
secret doctrine
mormon doctrine
reagan doctrine
official doctrine

'doctrine' used in domains:

basicbibledoctrines.com
essentialdoctrine.com
bahaidoctrine.com
doctrineofmarriage.com
mccaindoctrine.com
apostlesdoctrinechurch.com

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"doctrine" has the frequency of use of 0.0034% on city-data.com forum

"doctrine" has the frequency of use of 0.002% on en.wikipedia.org.

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