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TAKE THE QUIZ“doctrine of”
The following 2 entries include the term doctrine of.
doctrine of correspondence
: the theory in Swedenborgianism that natural objects correspond to or participate in transcendent archetypes compare participation
doctrine of descent
: a theory in biology: all animals and plants are direct descendants of previous animals or plants —opposed to special creation
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