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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doctrine/#m1)

2) (formal) A set of ideas or rules that a government, army or group follows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doctrine/#m2)

3) (law) A rule or principle that courts follow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doctrine/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doctrine/#x1)
- Different churches have different doctrines about baptism. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doctrine/#x2)
- The priest explained the church's doctrine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doctrine/#x3)
- The leader's doctrine was to never give up land. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doctrine/#x4)
- Students of law learn about legal doctrines. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doctrine/#x5)
- Christians believe the doctrine of the resurrection. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doctrine/#x6)
- 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doctrine/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.92/)
- [And thou hast said: 'My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in Thine eyes.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.263/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «doctrine» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doctrine/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.