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passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine. How oft, when Paul has served us with a text, Has Epictetus, Plato, Tully, preached! Cowper.

A description, or the doctrine, of death. Dunglison.

Of or pertaining to theism, or a theist; according to the doctrine of theists.

h treats of the existence, character, and attributes of God, his laws and government, the doctrines we are to believe, and the duties we are to practice; divinity; (as more commonly understood) "the knowledge derivable from the Scriptures, the systematic exhibition of revealed truth, the science of Christian faith and…

The doctrine of the theophilanthropists; theophilanthropy.

A doctrine, or scheme of things, which terminates in speculation or contemplation, without a view to practice; hypothesis; speculation.

The doctrine of Thomas Aquinas, esp. with respect to predestination and grace.

The doctrine of nutrition; a treatise on nutrition.

Any test or criterion by which the qualities of a thing are tried. Hooker. The foregoing doctrine affords us also a touchstone for the trial of spirits. South. Irish touchstone (Min.), basalt, the stone which composes the Giant's Causeway.

The unwritten or oral delivery of information, opinions, doctrines, practices, rites, and customs, from father to son, or from ancestors to posterity; the transmission of any knowledge, opinions, or practice, from forefathers to descendants by oral communication, without written memorials.

A system of faith founded on tradition; esp., the doctrine that all religious faith is to be based solely upon what is delivered from competent authority, exclusive of rational processes.

The doctrine that human souls are produced by the act of generation; -- opposed to creationism, and infusionism.

The hypothesis, or doctrine, that living beings have originated by the modification of some other previously existing forms of living matter; -- opposed to abiogenesis. Huxley.

The doctrine held by Roman Catholics, that the bread and wine in the Mass is converted into the body and blood of Christ; -- distinguished from consubstantiation, and impanation.

One who maintains the doctrine of transubstantiation. Barrow.

Of or pertaining to the Trinity, the doctrine of the Trinity, or believers in that doctrine.

The doctrine of the Trinity; the doctrine that there are three distinct persons in the Godhead.

The opinion or doctrine that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are three distinct Gods.

The doctrine of types.

The doctrine, as formulated by Luther, that Christ's glorified body is omnipresent.