Antonyms for doctrinal


Grammar : Adj
Spell : dok-truh-nl; British also dok-trahyn-l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɒk trə nl; British also dɒkˈtraɪn l


Definition of doctrinal

Origin :
  • "pertaining to doctrines," 1560s, from Late Latin doctrinalis, from doctrina (see doctrine). Attested from mid-15c. as the title of a text book (from Middle French doctrinal).
  • As in orthodox : adj accepted, traditional
  • As in religious : adj concerning belief in divinity
  • As in theological : adj religious, concerning a god-centered philosophy
  • As in traditional : adj usual, established
  • As in homiletic : adj persuasive
  • As in conventional : adj unoriginal
  • As in dogmatic : adj based on absolute truth
Example sentences :
  • With them, however, the difference is not mainly a doctrinal one.
  • Extract from : « Leading Articles on Various Subjects » by Hugh Miller
  • But the doctrinal views of the Puritans were derived from Calvin.
  • Extract from : « Fox's Book of Martyrs » by John Foxe
  • I instanced it afterwards in my Essay on Doctrinal Development.
  • Extract from : « Apologia Pro Vita Sua » by John Henry Cardinal Newman
  • One more illustration of Smith's doctrinal views will suffice.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Mormons » by William Alexander Linn
  • This balance between the doctrinal and the moral is difficult to maintain.
  • Extract from : « The Preacher and His Models » by James Stalker
  • This doctrinal simplification was accompanied by a most rigid code of morals.
  • Extract from : « The New World of Islam » by Lothrop Stoddard
  • The effect of a doctrinal theology is the effect of Infallibility.
  • Extract from : « Natural Law in the Spiritual World » by Henry Drummond
  • His Methodist doctrinal closet has more than one skeleton like this in it.
  • Extract from : « A Circuit Rider's Wife » by Corra Harris
  • Lawrence was very far from guessing that his teaching had become "doctrinal."
  • Extract from : « Wikkey » by YAM
  • It has been called the least doctrinal of the Pauline Epistles.
  • Extract from : « Expositions of Holy Scripture » by Alexander Maclaren

Synonyms for doctrinal

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