doctrine

«doctrine» in Mova's school dictionary: A belief or set of beliefs taught by a church or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a doctrine, doctrines; also uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) (church) A belief or set of beliefs taught by a church or religion, such as the Christian doctrine of the Trinity. tree →

2) (formal) A set of ideas or rules that a government, army or group follows. tree →

3) (law) A rule or principle that courts follow. tree →

sense in the lessons

In religion lessons pupils learn that different churches agree on some doctrines and disagree on others. On the news a «doctrine» can be a country's plan for how it acts. Phrases: «Christian doctrine», «church doctrine», «the doctrine of», «teach a doctrine».

examples

• The doctrine of the Trinity says God is Father, Son and Holy Spirit. tree →
• Different churches have different doctrines about baptism. tree →
• The priest explained the church's doctrine. tree →
• The leader's doctrine was to never give up land. tree →
• Students of law learn about legal doctrines. tree →
• Christians believe the doctrine of the resurrection. tree →
• It is believed that in later times a still deeper meaning was conveyed by this beautiful myth, viz., the doctrine of the immortality of the soul. tree →

note

Countable and uncountable. Adjective: doctrinal. Formal word. Related: dogma (a belief that must be accepted without question), creed (a short statement of beliefs).

In the corpora

• For I give you good doctrine; forsake ye not my teaching.
• And thou hast said: 'My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in Thine eyes.'

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «doctrine» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.