- (a.) Pertaining to or having to do with, teaching.
- (a.) Pertaining to or containing, doctrine or something taught and to be believed; as, a doctrinal observation.
- (n.) A matter of doctrine; also, a system of doctrines.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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