doctrinal
adjective
doc·trin·al
ˈdäk-trə-nᵊl 
especially British
däk-ˈtrī-
: of, relating to, or preoccupied with doctrine
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The doctrinal statement is nonbinding, and the denomination can’t tell its independent churches whom to call as pastor.
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Peter Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2024
Is, as many in the Russian Church would argue, Orthodoxy merely a collection of national bodies, loosely affiliated by doctrinal ideas?
—Jonathan Gorvett, Foreign Affairs, 14 July 2016
In the seventeenth century, the Thirty Years’ War was fueled by doctrinal differences no less than by the struggle for European primacy.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
The Court has already laid the doctrinal framework for a decision overturning the 2024 election
So what would a Supreme Court decision overthrowing the 2024 election look like?
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Peter Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2024
Is, as many in the Russian Church would argue, Orthodoxy merely a collection of national bodies, loosely affiliated by doctrinal ideas?
—Jonathan Gorvett, Foreign Affairs, 14 July 2016
In the seventeenth century, the Thirty Years’ War was fueled by doctrinal differences no less than by the struggle for European primacy.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
The Court has already laid the doctrinal framework for a decision overturning the 2024 election
So what would a Supreme Court decision overthrowing the 2024 election look like?
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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“Doctrinal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doctrinal. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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