- (n.) Teaching; instruction.
- (n.) That which is taught; what is held, put forth as true, and supported by a teacher, a school or a sect; a principle or position or the body of principles, in any branch of knowledge; any tenet or dogma; a principle of faith; as, the doctrine of atoms; the doctrine of chances.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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| MLA | Webster's. "doctrine" 27 May 2011. Web. 23 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/doctrine/definitions/1999747> |