doctrinal
adjective
doc·trin·al
ˈdäk-trə-nᵊl 
especially British
däk-ˈtrī-
: of, relating to, or preoccupied with doctrine
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Mikhail Svetlov / Getty Images file Intimidation has long been a favored tool of the Kremlin in its attempts to shape Western policy, and the Kremlin's doctrinal changes were once again backed by grave threats from some of its leading public advocates.
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David Hodari, NBC News, 20 Nov. 2024
The doctrinal statement is nonbinding, and the denomination can’t tell its independent churches whom to call as pastor.
—Peter Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2024
Is, as many in the Russian Church would argue, Orthodoxy merely a collection of national bodies, loosely affiliated by doctrinal ideas?
—Jonathan Gorvett, Foreign Affairs, 14 July 2016
In the seventeenth century, the Thirty Years’ War was fueled by doctrinal differences no less than by the struggle for European primacy.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
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David Hodari, NBC News, 20 Nov. 2024
The doctrinal statement is nonbinding, and the denomination can’t tell its independent churches whom to call as pastor.
—Peter Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2024
Is, as many in the Russian Church would argue, Orthodoxy merely a collection of national bodies, loosely affiliated by doctrinal ideas?
—Jonathan Gorvett, Foreign Affairs, 14 July 2016
In the seventeenth century, the Thirty Years’ War was fueled by doctrinal differences no less than by the struggle for European primacy.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
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“Doctrinal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doctrinal. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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