How do you pronounce doctrinal?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɑktɹɪnəl/.

doctrinal

/ˈdɑktɹɪnəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.93 in modern English

Syllables: doc-tri-nal
IPA: /ˈdɑktɹɪnəl/

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Meaning

adj

Of, relating to, involving, belonging to or concerning a doctrine.

adj

Didactic.

Obsolete

noun

A matter of doctrine, or system of doctrines.

Example Sentences

"Thus it was not only in the doctrinal field that revisionism called into question the traditional belief in the revolutionary mission of the proletariat: the belief was challenged, perhaps more effectively still, by the success of revisionism as a social phenomenon, which robbed socialism of the glamorous prospect of a 'final battle' for universal liberation."
"[…]yet inevitably, [JD] Vance is already giving menacing doctrinal advice to the pope as part of the multi-theatre fallout of Operation Epic Facepalm."
"The word of God serveth no otherwise than in the nature of a doctrinal instrument."
"His Teaching is not to teach you the Doctrinals of Salvation and of the Son, for he leaves that to Ministers, and to the Bible, to teach you the Doctrinals only in a doctrinal way"
"The Doctrinal of Princes"

Etymology

The noun form was from French doctrinal; the adjective form was perhaps from Late Latin doctrīnālis, from doctrīna.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: doctrinal, doctrīnālis

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈdɑktɹɪnəl/
British English: /ˈdɒktɹɪnəl/

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

doctrinals (plural)

Derived Forms

counterdoctrinal doctrinalism doctrinalist doctrinally nondoctrinal undoctrinal

Frequently Paired Words

docent docile doctor doctorate doctrinaire doctrine document indoctrinate

Rhymes With

final vinyl spinal vaginal intestinal semifinal quarterfinal urinal cerebrospinal transvaginal mediastinal corticospinal