doctrinal

The noun form was from French doctrinal; the adjective form was perhaps from Late Latin doctrīnālis, from doctrīna.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɒktɹɪnəl/, /dɒkˈtɹaɪnəl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑktɹɪnəl/, /dɑkˈtɹaɪnəl/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -aɪnəl

doctrinal

1. Of, relating to, involving, belonging to or concerning a doctrine.
   • 2026 April 17, Marina Hyde, “Is the pope Catholic? JD Vance thinks he has an answer”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     […] yet inevitably, [JD] Vance is already giving menacing doctrinal advice to the pope as part of the multi-theatre fallout of Operation Epic Facepalm.

2. (obsolete) Didactic.
   • [1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page):

     The word of God serveth no otherwise than in the nature of a doctrinal instrument.

doctrinal (plural doctrinals)

1. A matter of doctrine, or system of doctrines.
   • a. 1680, Thomas Goodwin, The Object and Acts of Justifying Faith:

     His Teaching is not to teach you the Doctrinals of Salvation and of the Son, for he leaves that to Ministers, and to the Bible, to teach you the Doctrinals only in a doctrinal way

   • 1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC:

     The Doctrinal of Princes

• IPA^(key): (Central) [duk.tɾiˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [dok.tɾiˈnal]

doctrinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural doctrinals)

1. doctrinal

From doctrine +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /dɔk.tʁi.nal/

• Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)):

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doctrinal (feminine doctrinale, masculine plural doctrinaux, feminine plural doctrinales)

1. doctrinal

• “doctrinal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

doctrinal m (feminine singular doctrinala, masculine plural doctrinals, feminine plural doctrinalas)

1. doctrinal

Borrowed from French doctrinal. By surface analysis, doctrină +‎ -al.

doctrinal m or n (feminine singular doctrinală, masculine plural doctrinali, feminine/neuter plural doctrinale)

1. doctrinal

• IPA^(key): /doɡtɾiˈnal/ [d̪oɣ̞.t̪ɾiˈnal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: doc‧tri‧nal

doctrinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural doctrinales)

1. doctrinal

doctrinal m (plural doctrinales)

1. doctrinal

• “doctrinal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025