doctrine

IPA: dˈɑktrʌn

(countable) A belief or tenet, especially about philosophical or theological matters.
(countable and uncountable) The body of teachings of an ideology, most often a religion, or of an ideological or religious leader, organization, group, or text.
(countable) A self-imposed policy governing some aspect of a country's foreign relations, especially regarding what sort of behavior it will or will not tolerate from other countries.

Examples of "doctrine" in Sentences

-- This, sir, is doctrine that will stand, because it is _Bible doctrine_.
Without explicitly stating so, the essay assumes this doctrine is agreed upon by all parties.
I still ask however how many ships will need to be sunk before a change in doctrine is forced through.
"Perhaps this will lead to what I call the doctrine of mutually assured humiliation," Mr. Jarvis says.
I think the Church could eventually come around on contraception, because the doctrine is an abstraction.
I at present entirely reject the blastema doctrine in its original form, and in its place I put the _doctrine of the continuous development of tissues out of one another_.
The term doctrine is used to refer to a principle of law, in the common law traditions, established through a history of past decisions, such as the doctrine of self-defense, or the principle of fair use.
To remove our perplexity, Pascal gravely tells us, that _it is necessary to judge the doctrine by the miracles, and the miracles by the doctrine; that the doctrine proves the miracles, and the miracles the doctrine_.