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DOCTRINAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does doctrinal mean?
• DOCTRINAL (adjective)
The adjective DOCTRINAL has 1 sense:
1. relating to or involving or preoccupied with doctrine
Familiarity information: DOCTRINAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or involving or preoccupied with doctrine
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
quibbling over doctrinal minutiae
Pertainym:
doctrine (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)
Derivation:
doctrine (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)
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