- doctrine
- nounADJECTIVE▪ Catholic, Christian, Islamic, etc.▪ church▪ economic, legal, military, political, religious▪ classical, conventional, established, orthodox, traditional▪ contemporary, current▪ prevailing▪ basic, central▪ false… OF DOCTRINE▪ point▪
communities divided on points of doctrine
▪ body▪an influential body of doctrine
VERB + DOCTRINE▪ advocate, expound, preach, proclaim, teach▪ defend▪ develop, establish, formulate▪ accept, adhere to, adopt, be committed to, believe, believe in, embrace, follow, subscribe to, support, uphold▪They were all committed to the doctrine of social equality.
▪ abandon, oppose, reject, undermine▪She rejected the traditional Christian doctrines.
▪ apply, invokePREPOSITION▪ in doctrine▪The Church welcomed all who were considered sound in doctrine.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.