Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
relating to or involving or preoccupied with doctrine;
- Example: "quibbling over doctrinal minutiae"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Doctrinal \Doc"tri*nal\, n.
A matter of doctrine; also, a system of doctrines. --T.
Goodwin. Sir T. Elyot.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
doctrinal \doc"tri*nal\ (d[o^]k"tr[i^]*nal), a. [LL.
doctrinalis, fr. L. doctrina: cf. F. doctrinal. See
Doctrine.]
1. Pertaining to, or containing, doctrine or something taught
and to be believed; as, a doctrinal observation.
"Doctrinal clauses." --Macaulay.
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2. Pertaining to, or having to do with, teaching.
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The word of God serveth no otherwise than in the
nature of a doctrinal instrument. -- Hooker.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
doctrinal
adj 1: relating to or involving or preoccupied with doctrine;
"quibbling over doctrinal minutiae"