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as in theology
a statement or body of statements concerning faith or morals proclaimed by a church
the Catholic Church's doctrine on the Eucharist
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Frustrations about the slow pace of reform bubbled into the open during the assembly when the pope’s doctrine adviser ruled out ordaining women as deacons and then failed to turn up to a meeting on the topic.
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Christopher Lamb, CNN, 27 Oct. 2024
When Senior Secretary Lee (Moon So-ri), a cheerfully calculating government figure, approaches Chairman Kim about using Jung-ja to deliver a new doctrine meant to sway society back to the New Truth Society, the desperate leader agrees.
—Kayti Burt, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
Overview And Application Of The MFW Doctrine The MFW doctrine originated from a significant 2014 Delaware Supreme Court decision in Kahn v. M&F Worldwide Corp.
—Priya Cherian Huskins, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
The president also advocated the fair chase doctrine, which became the basis of his Boone and Crockett Club.
—Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
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Christopher Lamb, CNN, 27 Oct. 2024
When Senior Secretary Lee (Moon So-ri), a cheerfully calculating government figure, approaches Chairman Kim about using Jung-ja to deliver a new doctrine meant to sway society back to the New Truth Society, the desperate leader agrees.
—Kayti Burt, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
Overview And Application Of The MFW Doctrine The MFW doctrine originated from a significant 2014 Delaware Supreme Court decision in Kahn v. M&F Worldwide Corp.
—Priya Cherian Huskins, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
The president also advocated the fair chase doctrine, which became the basis of his Boone and Crockett Club.
—Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doctrine
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The deity is also linked to earthquakes, thunder, darkness, storms, and death and was widely regarded as the most powerful force of evil in Egyptian theology.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Adrian started out as a theology student, but the stakes of Mann’s novel are not, at heart, theological—Adrian has a maddening case of syphilis, and that is the secular portal through which Mephistopheles makes his entry.James Wood, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
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At first, the girls are only in danger of being forced to listen to one man’s extremely pretentious opinions about religion, philosophy, culture, and yes, pop music, which is terrifying in itself.Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2024
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So, our chats about his vision, strategy, and leadership philosophy for the Ferretti Group in the global-hyper-niche-ultra-luxury-yacht building business are never boring.Bill Springer, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The Saudi government convened some 40 countries (not including Russia) in Jeddah in August 2023 to discuss principles for ending the war.Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
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But Trump has signaled a willingness this year to abandon the long-running principle of maintaining the Fed as an independent body.Rob Wile, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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The people who dominate these institutions demographically also tend to share the dominant ideologies.Sean Illing, Vox, 9 Nov. 2024
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The Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks extremist groups and movements, defines the ideology as one that suggests sheriffs have the power to circumvent the U.S. system of governmental checks and balances and make their own determinations about which laws are constitutional.Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Spiritualism allowed practitioners to forgo religious authority, scripture, and dogma when accessing the spirit world.Elizabeth Garner Masarik / Made by History, TIME, 16 Oct. 2024
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The symbolism of debuting the presentation in Dallas–where Roe v. Wade was first argued in 1970 before reaching the Supreme Court in 1973–and in Texas–where dogma and control trump safety for pregnant women–is not lost on the curators.Chadd Scott, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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The New York Constitution currently protects against unequal treatment based on race, color, creed and religion.Kyla Guilfoil, NBC News, 10 Oct. 2024
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On the debate stage, Vance tried to thread the needle of attracting moderates while staying true to the America First creed.Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Doctrine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doctrine. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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