doctrinal Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective relating to or involving or preoccupied with doctrine
    • quibbling over doctrinal minutiae

WordNet

Doc"tri*nal adjective
Etymology
LL. doctrinalis, fr. L. doctrina: cf. F. doctrinal. See Doctrine.
Definitions
  1. Pertaining to, or containing, doctrine or something taught and to be believed; as, a doctrinal observation. "Doctrinal clauses." Macaulay.
  2. Pertaining to, or having to do with, teaching.
    The word of God serveth no otherwise than in the nature of a doctrinal instrument. Hooker.
Doc"tri*nal noun
Definitions
  1. A matter of doctrine; also, a system of doctrines. T. Goodwin. Sir T. Elyot.

Webster 1913