DOCTRINAL

a. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Pertaining to, or containing, doctrine or something taught and to be believed; as, a doctrinal observation. "Doctrinal clauses." Macaulay.

2.
a.

Pertaining to, or having to do with, teaching. The word of God serveth no otherwise than in the nature of a doctrinal instrument. Hooker.

3.
n.

A matter of doctrine; also, a system of doctrines. T. Goodwin. Sir T. Elyot.