Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DOC'TRIN-AL
DOC'TRIN-AIRE, or DOC'TRIN-A-RYDOC'TRIN-AL
DOC'TRIN-AL, a. [See Doctrine.]
- Pertaining to doctrine; containing a doctrine or something taught; as, a doctrinal observation; a doctrinal proposition.
- Pertaining to the act or means of teaching. The word of God serveth no otherwise, than in the nature of a doctrinal instrument. – Hooker.
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