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Doctrine(medicine)
doctrine(dictionary)
Doctrine (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Eisenhower Doctrine(encyclopedia)
Monroe Doctrine(encyclopedia)
Truman Doctrine(encyclopedia)
doctrine of the affections(encyclopedia)
Monroe Doctrine, the(dictionary)
Doctrine Of Equivalents(law)

doctrine (iou)



doctrine noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French from Latin doctrina teaching, learning, from DOCTOR noun: see -INE4.]
The action of teaching or instructing; a lesson; a precept. LME-E18.
Bible (AV): Mark 4:2 And he..said vnto them in his doctrine, Hearken.
b. Preaching. M16-E17.
That which is taught; instruction; a body of teaching, esp. that concerning a particular subject or set of beliefs; a dogma, a tenet; a political or ethical principle. LME.
MONROE DOCTRINE.
Burke The doctrine of the equality of all men. C. Hill The Laudians rejected the Calvinist doctrine of predestination.
A body of principles or tenets, a system of beliefs; a theory; a branch of knowledge. Now rare or obsolete. LME.
Earl of Chatham A..notion of..the solar system: together with the doctrine of comets.
Learning, knowledge. LME-E17.
Discipline. rare. L15-M16.
doctrinism noun adherence to or propounding of doctrine L19.
doctrinist noun M19.