doctrinal
adjective
doc·trin·al
ˈdäk-trə-nᵊl 
especially British
däk-ˈtrī-
: of, relating to, or preoccupied with doctrine
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In the seventeenth century, the Thirty Years’ War was fueled by doctrinal differences no less than by the struggle for European primacy.
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Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
The Court has already laid the doctrinal framework for a decision overturning the 2024 election
So what would a Supreme Court decision overthrowing the 2024 election look like?
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
The pope, however, has not called for the practice to be criminalized and a 2023 Vatican doctrinal ruling pointed out that children born through surrogacy can be baptized.
—Antonia Mortensen, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
Secret armaments or doctrinal shifts without public messaging will only make adversaries more paranoid and a full-on arms race all but inevitable, raising the risk of miscalculation by someone, somewhere, somehow.
—Andreas Kluth, The Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2024
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Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
The Court has already laid the doctrinal framework for a decision overturning the 2024 election
So what would a Supreme Court decision overthrowing the 2024 election look like?
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
The pope, however, has not called for the practice to be criminalized and a 2023 Vatican doctrinal ruling pointed out that children born through surrogacy can be baptized.
—Antonia Mortensen, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
Secret armaments or doctrinal shifts without public messaging will only make adversaries more paranoid and a full-on arms race all but inevitable, raising the risk of miscalculation by someone, somewhere, somehow.
—Andreas Kluth, The Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2024
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“Doctrinal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doctrinal. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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