Doctrine

Definition: Doctrine

Doctrine

Noun

1. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.

Date "doctrine" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Etymology: Doctrine \Doc"trine\, noun. [French expression doctrine, from Latin expression doctrina, from doctor. See Doctor.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definition: Doctrine

Domain	Definition
Military	Fundamental principles by which the military forces guide their actions in support of objectives. It is authoritative but requires judgment in application. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Doctrine

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Doctrine, from Latin doctrina, from doctor, means "A teaching", or "instructions"; taught principles or positions, or the body of teachings in a branch of knowledge or belief system. Often it means a religious dogma taught by a church. The word is also used to refer to a principle of law established through a history of past decisions, or a statement of policy, especially in international governmental relations.

The term also applies to the concept of an established procedure to a complex operation like in warfare. The typical example is tactical doctrine in which a standard set of manuevers, kinds of troops and weapons are employed as a default approach to a kind of attack.

Examples of religious doctrines include:

trinity
transubstantiation

Examples of military doctrines include:

Blitzkrieg
Hit-and-run tactics
Shock and Awe

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Doctrine."

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Synonyms: Doctrine

Synonyms: ism (n), philosophy (n), school of thought (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Doctrine

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Belief	System of opinions, school, doctrine, articles, canons; article of faith, declaration of faith, profession of faith; tenets, credenda, creed; thirty-nine articles; (orthodoxy) a; catechism; assent; propaganda; (teaching).
	Phrase: experto crede; fata viam invenient; Justitiae soror incorrupta Fides; "live to explain thy doctrine by thy life"; "stands not within the prospect of belief"; tarde quae credita laedunt credimus; vide et crede.
Freedom	Autonomy, self-government, liberalism, free trade; noninterference; Monroe Doctrine.
Heterodoxy	Noun: heterodoxy; error; false doctrine, heresy, schism; schismaticism, schismaticalness; recusancy, backsliding, apostasy; atheism; (irreligion).
Knowledge	System of knowledge, body of knowledge; science, philosophy, pansophy; acroama; theory, aetiology, etiology; circle of the sciences; pandect, doctrine, body of doctrine; cyclopedia, encyclopedia; school; (system of opinions).
Orthodoxy	Noun: orthodoxy; strictness, soundness, religious truth, true faith; truth; soundness of doctrine.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Doctrine

English words defined with "doctrine": philosophical doctrine ♦ The Monroe doctrine, theological doctrine. (references)

Specialty definitions using "doctrine": Armenians, Audeanism ♦ Bloody Bill ♦ CAVANILLESIA PLATANIFOLIA, Che sara, sara, CLERGY MEMBER, command, control and information system, concession system, Constitutions of Clarendon, Copernicanism ♦ Doctrine of prior appropriation, doctrine of relation, doctrine of relation back, Dogmatic Facts ♦ Fathers of the Latin Church, Floriani ♦ Gorham Controversy ♦ INNATE ♦ Labadists, Little Englanders ♦ Malthusian Doctrine, Manicheism, Monarchians, MONROE ♦ NATION, Nicolaitanes, Nicolaitans, Nuclear Utilization Target Selection ♦ onerous bequest, onerous legacy, optimism, Optimist ♦ Pantheism, Particularists, Paulicians, Pietists, Precipitate, Predestination, Prior Appropriation, PROCRASTINATOR ♦ redemption, Re-demption, Reed Shaken by the Wind, regalian doctrine, religious association, reliquary, reprobation, ridicule, riparian water rights ♦ SACERDOTALIST, Scotists, Sure as Demoivre ♦ tactical concept, television evangelist, trinity, TV evangelist ♦ White Bird. (references)

Etymologies containing "doctrine": Altitudinarian, Anabaptistry ♦ Doctrinable, Doctrinaire ♦ Endoctrine, Epicure ♦ Immortalist ♦ Papistry ♦ Signaturist, Star-read. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Doctrine" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (doctrine, document, ism, tenet).

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Modern Usage: Doctrine

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	You are aware that that is contrary to doctrine in this matter. (When Night Is Falling; writing credit: Patricia Rozema)
Movie/TV Titles	American History: Our Monroe Doctrine (1941) The Monroe Doctrine (1939) Monroe Doctrine (1896)
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Commercial Usage: Doctrine

Domain	Title
Books	Bible Doctrine (reference) Christian Doctrine (reference) Justification by Faith Alone: Affirming the Doctrine by Which the Church and the Individual Stands or Falls (reference) Manual of Christian Doctrine (reference) Marx for Beginners: Philosophy, Economic Doctrine, Historical Materialism (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Fleet Firepower:New Doctrine (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Arawi: The Doctrine of Cycles (reference) Monroe Doctrine (reference) Secret Doctrine (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Image Slideshow: Doctrine

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Photo Album: Doctrine

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Francois Joseph Gall M.D. : Founder of the Doctrine of the Physiology of the Brain / Rubidge Delint. J. Alais sculpt. Credit: National Library of Medicine.		The "Ostend doctrine" Practical Democrats carrying out the principle. Credit: Library of Congress.
	The (Fort) Monroe Doctrine. Credit: Library of Congress.		Women of the highest position feel deeply the beauty of the Bolshevik doctrine. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Keep off! Monroe doctrine. Credit: Library of Congress.		Sir - don't waste while your wife saves--Adopt the doctrine of the clean plate - do your share / Crawford Young ; The W.F. Powers Co. Litho., N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress.
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Familiar Quotations: Doctrine

Author	Quotation
Calvin Coolidge	Our doctrine of equality, liberty and humanity comes from our belief in the brotherhood of man, through the fatherhood of God.
Henry Ward Beecher	Doctrine is nothing but the skin of truth set up and stuffed.
Immanuel Kant	Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.
Junius	When once a man is determined to believe, the very absurdity of the doctrine does but confirm him in his faith.
	One precedent creates another and they soon accumulate and constitute law. What yesterday was a fact, today is doctrine.
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus	Look to the essence of a thing, whether it be a point of doctrine, of practice, or of interpretation.
Samuel Johnson	No member of a society has the right to teach any doctrine contrary to what the society holds to be true.
Tertullian	You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine.
Thomas p Kempis	If your heart were sincere and upright, every creature would be unto you a looking-glass of life and a book of holy doctrine.
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Historic Usage: Doctrine

Author	Date	Quotation
John Locke	1690	Whereby it is evident, even by his own doctrine, that, since they may in some cases resist, all resisting of princes is not rebellion. (Second Treatise of Government)
Marbury v. Madison	1803	This doctrine would subvert the very foundation of all written constitutions. (reference)
Treaty of Versailles	1919	Nothing in this Covenant shall be deemed to affect the validity of international engagements, such as treaties of arbitration or regional understandings like the Monroe doctrine, for securing the maintenance of peace. (reference)
Winston S. Churchill	1946	For that reason the old doctrine of a balance of power is unsound. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)
Brown v. Board of Education	1954	American courts have since labored with the doctrine for over half a century. (reference)
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Use in Literature: Doctrine

Title	Author	Quote
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	The learned among them confess the absurdity of this doctrine, but the practice still continues, in compliance to the vulgar.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Doctrine

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Resources are allocated to those who have both a need for them and a strong likelihood of benefiting from them. Under such a plan, those who are severely cognitively impaired and hence have little ability to express their quality of life might receive fewer services to make these resources more available to those who can better appreciate them. Because such a utilitarian doctrine raises major ethical dilemmas, careful analysis and much discussion are needed to examine the pros and cons of such a principle of resource distribution. (references)
Business		Such religious groups, which preach beliefs outside the bounds of officially approved doctrine, are being singled out for harassment. (references)
		It does not permit citizens to publish or broadcast criticism of senior leaders or opinions that contradict basic Communist Party doctrine. (references)
Civil Liberties	Morocco	The Ministry of Islamic Affairs monitors Friday mosque sermons and the Koranic schools to ensure the teaching of approved doctrine. (references)
	China	Catholic priests in the official church also face dilemmas when asked by parishioners whether they should follow Church doctrine about government policy restricting the number of children per family. (references)
	Togo	A religious organization must submit its statutes, a statement of doctrine, bylaws, names and addresses of executive board members, the pastor's diploma, a contract, a site map, and a description of its financial situation. (references)
Economic History	Poland	Polish military doctrine reflects the same defense nature as its NATO partners. (references)
	Ghana	Enforcement of foreign judgments in Ghana, like in many other countries, is based on the doctrine of reciprocity. (references)
	France	French military doctrine is based on the concepts of national independence, nuclear deterrence, and military sufficiency. (references)
Human Rights	Bolivia	The security forces, following training doctrine, then fired at the protesters' feet. (references)
	Russia	For example, the Doctrine gives much leeway to law enforcement authorities in carrying out SORM surveillance of telephone, cellular, and wireless communications. (references)
	Fiji	The CCF then reorganized as a nonprofit, and refiled its case on February 19. The case was successful, with a March 1 judgment in favor of the CCF. However, the military-backed, civilian interim administration, supposedly in the interest of national security and under the doctrine of necessity, transformed itself into a caretaker, military-backed civilian administration. (references)
Minorities	Croatia	Religion and ethnicity are closely linked in society, and religion often was used to identify and single out non-Croats for discriminatory practices; however, most such incidents appeared to be motivated by ethnicity and not religion or religious doctrine. (references)
Political Economy	Dominican Rep	The Dominican Government, which practices the Calvo Doctrine, continues to reject commercial arbitration between itself and foreign private firms, although in one recent case a state enterprise agreed to arbitrate a dispute with a private firm. (references)
	JAPAN	However, a February 1998 decision by Japan's Supreme Court to permit an infringement finding under "the doctrine of equivalence" may reduce this practice and is a positive step toward broadening Japanese courts' generally narrow interpretation of patent rights. (references)
Political Rights	Fiji	The decision of the Court of Appeal to uphold the Constitution was welcomed by local and international human rights groups; however, the interim civilian authorities, backed by the military, became the caretaker administration and remained in power, arguing this was necessary in the interest of national security and under the doctrine of necessity. (references)
Women	Egypt	Government ministers speak out against the practice, and senior religious leaders also support efforts to stop it. The Sheikh of al-Azhar, the most senior Islamic figure in the country, and Pope Shenouda, the leader of the Coptic Orthodox community, have stated repeatedly that FGM is not required by religious doctrine. (references)
Worker Rights	Burkina Faso	They represent a wide ideological spectrum; the largest and most vocal member espouses socialist doctrine. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	TRINITY, n. In the multiplex theism of certain Christian churches, three entirely distinct deities consistent with only one. Subordinate deities of the polytheistic faith, such as devils and angels, are not dowered with the power of combination, and must urge individually their clames to adoration and propitiation. The Trinity is one of the most sublime mysteries of our holy religion. In rejecting it because it is incomprehensible, Unitarians betray their inadequate sense of theological fundamentals. In religion we believe only what we do not understand, except in the instance of an intelligible doctrine that contradicts an incomprehensible one. In that case we believe the former as a part of the latter.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Doctrine

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
John F. Kennedy	1961-1963	The doctrine of troika is dead.
Jimmy Carter	1977-1981	As such they confront not only Soviet military forces but also Soviet military doctrine.
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Usage Frequency: Doctrine

"Doctrine" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Doctrine" is used about 1,718 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	1,718	4,886

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Doctrine

Expressions using "doctrine": Baptistic doctrine ♦ church doctrine ♦ cy pres doctrine ♦ Doctrine of atoms ♦ Doctrine of chances ♦ Doctrine of definite proportions ♦ doctrine of election ♦ doctrine of faith ♦ doctrine of ideas ♦ doctrine of identity ♦ doctrine of Rasori ♦ doctrine of relation ♦ doctrine of relation back ♦ doctrine of signatures ♦ doctrine of the hinterland ♦ Doctrine of the sphere ♦ fairness doctrine ♦ fenian doctrine ♦ Good Samaritan doctrine ♦ Home port doctrine ♦ judicial doctrine ♦ military doctrine ♦ monroe doctrine ♦ party doctrine ♦ philosophical doctrine ♦ principle doctrine or policy ♦ religious doctrine ♦ soundness of doctrine ♦ system or doctrine of identity ♦ tactical air doctrine ♦ The Monroe doctrine ♦ theological doctrine ♦ truman doctrine ♦ unsound doctrine. Additional references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Doctrine

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
monroe doctrine	242	brezhnev doctrine	16
truman doctrine	202	doctrine sound	15
doctrine	75	doctrine of salvation	15
trinity doctrine	43	false doctrine	14
baptist doctrine	42	doctrine gospel lds	14
bush doctrine	40	apostle doctrine	13
mormon doctrine	39	pentecostal doctrine	13
catholic doctrine	38	lutheran doctrine	13
christian doctrine	28	doctrine election	12
bible doctrine	27	presbyterian doctrine	11
gospel doctrine	27	air doctrine force	11
doctrine eisenhower	26	god doctrine	11
christ church doctrine	26	doctrine employment will	11
apostolic doctrine	21	the reagan doctrine	11
doctrine and covenant	21	incorporation doctrine	10
church doctrine	20	the doctrine of grace	10
secret doctrine	18	doctrine fairness	10
antiterrorism doctrine force navy protection	17	doctrine gospel lesson	10
doctrine nixon	16	doctrine freeport	10
baptist doctrine southern	16	assembly doctrine god	9
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Modern Translation: Doctrine

Language		Translations for "doctrine"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		doktrinë (dogma, doxy, tenet), mësim (education, instruction, learning, lesson, reeducation, school, study, teaching, warning), besim fetar. (various references)

Arabic		‏فقه (jurisprudence), ‏معتقد (belief, faith, persuasion, tenet), ‏مذهب (belief, bossy, faith, gilded, gilt, ideology, school, teaching), ‏تعليم (direction, education, instruction, marking, precept, schoolteaching, teaching), ‏تعاليم (teaching), ‏عقيدة (belief, confession, credo, dogma, tenet). (various references)

Bulgarian		учение (lessons, study), вяра (belief, confidence, credence, credit, dependence, faith, religion, trust), доктрина (dogma), догма (dogma, tenet). (various references)

Chinese		教義 (creed), 教条 (Dogma, Dogmas, Dogmatic, Dogmatical), 學說 (theory). (various references)

Czech		doktrína, uèení (apprenticeship, instruction, study, teaching). (various references)

Danish		doktrin. (various references)

Dutch		sociale leer (social doctrine), redelijkheidsdoctrine (fairness doctrine), rasorisme (doctrine of Rasori, Rasorianism, Rasorism), LDP (Army Doctrine Publication, RNLA Doctrine Publication), Landmacht Doctrine Publicatie (Army Doctrine Publication, RNLA Doctrine Publication). (various references)

Farsi		گفته (Dictum, Sentence, Statement), حکمت (Motto, Wisdom), تعلیم (Edification, Tuition), عقیده (Advice, Belief, Concept, Credo, Creed, Faith, Impression, Ism, Opinion, Tenet, Thought, View, Viewpoint), افراه , افراس , اصول (Tenet). (various references)

Finnish		oppi (knowledge, learning). (various references)

French		doctrine (document). (various references)

German		doktrin, lehre (advice, apprenticeship, egalitarianism, Gage, gauge, gospel, lesson, moral, precept, science, teaching, teachings, template, tenet, theory, training). (various references)

Greek		θεωρία (contemplation, ism, notion, speculation, theory, view), δόγμα (belief, creed, denomination, dogma, sect, tenet). (various references)

Hebrew		שיט�" (line, method, opinion, principle, system, theory), עקרון (fundamental, law, principle, tenet), עקר (barren, basis, crux, dogma, essence, foundation, futile, gist, impotent, infertile, main, nub, origin, pith, principle, quintessence, root, sterile, substance, tenet), �"וקטרי� �" (tenet). (various references)

Hungarian		tantétel (precept, tenet), vallási dogma, tan (lore, precept, tenet), doktrína, dogma (dogma, tenet). (various references)

Indonesian		doktrin, dokrin, ajaran (lesson, punishment, teaching, theory). (various references)

Italian		dottrina (creed, ism, scholarship). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		論 (argument, comment, controversy, debate, discourse, discussion, dispute, essay, theory, treatise), ドイツ連邦共�'�国 (a do-it-yourself store, cancel at the last minute, Debussy, dock, docking, doctor, doctor course, document, documental, documentary, documentary drama, documentation, dodecaphony, dodge ball, doeskin, dog racing, dogfight, doggie bag, dogma, dogmatic, dogmatism, dogmatist, doily, do-it-yourself, dominant, domino, donor, doom, doo-wop, dot, dot map, dot matrix, dot printer, dwell, dwelling, Federal Republic of Germany, referee's stop, thud, to be noisy, to make noise, yakuza sword), 教義 (creed), 教理 , 教え (lesson, precept, teachings), 宗門 (creed, sect), 主義 (principle, rule). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		おしえ (lesson, precept, raised cloth picture, teachings), ドクトリン , しゅぎ (craft, principle, rule), しゅうも�" (creed, sect), きょうぎ (conference, consultation, contest, creed, discussion, game, match, narrow-sense, negotiation, paper-thin sheet of wood), きょうり (birth-place, home town, one's heart, one's mind), ろ�" (argument, comment, controversy, debate, discourse, discussion, dispute, essay, theory, treatise). (various references)

Korean		교리. (various references)

Manx		aaraue. (various references)

Pig Latin		octrineday

Portuguese		doutrina (axiom, dictate, faith, ism, nidus, tenet). (various references)

Romanian		dogmã (dogma, tenet), doctrinã (doxy, institution, light, lore, teaching, tenet), învãţãturã (advice, apprenticeship, article, culture, education, instruction, learning, lesson, lore, message, moral, precept, scholarship, studies, study, teaching). (various references)

Russian		доктрина (doxy, edifice, ism, tenet). (various references)

Scottish		teagasg (instruction, teaching). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		doktrina (ism). (various references)

Spanish		doctrina (apprenticeship, egalitarianism, teaching). (various references)

Swedish		lära (educate, faith, instruct, learn, learning, science, teach, teaching), doktrin. (various references)

Thai		ทฤษฎี. (various references)

Turkish		doktrin (ism, tenet), prensip (basis, dictate, guideline, principle, rule, standing rule), mezhep (creed, cult, denomination, order, religion, sect, sectarian), ilke (basis, guideline, keynote, law, principle, tenet), öğreti (creed, ism, tenet). (various references)

Ukrainian		наука (science, study), доктрина (doxy, edifice), догма (dogma). (various references)

Vietnamese		học thuyết chủ nghĩa. (various references)

Welsh		dysgeidiaeth (teaching), athrawiaeth. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Doctrine

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	decreta, decreti, decretis, decreto, decretum, doctrina, doctrinae, doctrinam, doctrinas, doctrinis, dogma, dogmata. (various references)
Avestan	200-600	daenyå, tkaêsha. (various references)
Old English	450-1100	lar. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Doctrine

Language	Date	Source	Proverbs Chapter 4, Verse 2
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Dwron gar agaqon dwroumai umin ton emon nomon mh egkataliphte
Latin	405	Vulgate	Donum bonum tribuam vobis legem meam ne derelinquatis
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	A good yifte I shal yyuen to you; my lawe ne forsake yee.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	For I give you good teaching; do not give up the knowledge you are getting from me.
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Matched Bible Translations: Doctrine

Language	Proverbs Chapter 4, Verse 2
Cebuano	Kay ako nagahatag kaninyo ug maayong pagtulon-an; Ayaw ninyo pagbiyai ang akong balaod.
Croatian	jer dobar vam nauk dajem: ne prezrite moga naputka.
Danish	thi gavnlig Viden giver jeg jer, slip ej hvad jeg har lært jer.
Dutch	Dewijl ik ulieden goede leer geve, verlaat mijn wet niet.
Finnish	Sillä minä annan teille hyvän neuvon, älkää hyljätkö minun opetustani.
French	Car je vous donne de bons conseils: Ne rejetez pas mon enseignement.
German	Denn ich gebe euch eine gute Lehre; verlaßt mein Gesetz nicht.
Haitian Creole	Pa janm bliye anyen nan sa m'ap moutre nou la a: Se bon konsèy m'ap ban nou.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Yang kuajarkan kepadamu ini baik, sebab itu janganlah kau meremehkannya.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Karena aku memberi pengajaran yang baik kepadamu; janganlah kamu meninggalkan hukumku.
Italian	poiché io vi do una buona dottrina; non abbandonate il mio insegnamento.
Maori	He pai hoki te kupu mohio ka hoatu nei e ahau ki a koutou, kaua taku ture e whakarerea.
Norwegian	For en god lærdom gir jeg eder; mine bud må I ikke forlate.
Portuguese	Pois eu vos dou boa doutrina; não abandoneis o meu ensino.
Rumanian	cqci eu vq dau sfaturi bune: nu lepqdayi knvqyqtura mea.
Russian	� ПФПНХ ЮФП С � ТЕ� П�"БМ ЧБН �"П�'ТПЕ ХЮЕОЙЕ. оЕ ПУФБЧМСКФЕ ЪБ� ПЧЕ�"Й НПЕК.
Swedish	Ty god lärdom giver jag eder; min undervisning mån I icke låta fara.
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Derivations & Misspellings: Doctrine

Derivations
	Words beginning with "doctrine": doctrines. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Doctrine" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dicurane, docritne, docterine, doctorine, doctraine, doctrian, doctrin, dotronix. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Doctrine"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "doctrine" (pronounced dÄ"ktrun or dÄ"kterun)
4	-t r u n	citron, intron, matron, patron.
3	-r u n	apron, aspirin, Baron, barren, brethren, Buran, cauldron, Chevron, children, fibrin, foreign, garron, giron, grandchildren, heron, Marron, octahedron, perron, Philodendron, polyhedron, rhododendron, saffron, schoolchildren, siren, sovereign, sovran, squadron, stepchildren, tetrahedron, Warren.
4	-t er u n	intrauterine, uterine, veteran.
3	-er u n	cephalosporin, mandarin, margarine, nitroglycerin, nitroglycerine, saccharin, tamarin.
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Anagrams: Doctrine

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: centroid.
	Words within the letters "c-d-e-i-n-o-r-t"
	-1 letter: cointer, cordite, ctenoid, deontic, noticed, noticer.
	-2 letters: cinder, citron, codein, coedit, coined, coiner, corned, cornet, cortin, credit, cretin, dinero, direct, docent, dotier, editor, erotic, ironed, noetic, nordic, norite, notice, orcein, orient, recoin, rident, rioted, rodent, tinder, tonier, triced, trined, triode.
	-3 letters: cento, cider, cited, citer, coden, coder, coned, conte, cored, coted, credo, cried.
	Words containing the letters "c-d-e-i-n-o-r-t"
	+1 letter: centroids, chondrite, contrived, direction, doctrines, introduce, noncredit, recondite, redaction, reduction, threnodic.
	+2 letters: achondrite, carotenoid, chondrites, cointerred, coordinate, coresident, counterbid, decorating, decoration, decryption, detraction, directions, disconcert, discounter, discretion, entodermic, fornicated, fractioned, introduced, introducer, introduces, narcotized, prediction, redactions, rediscount, reductions, tyrocidine.
	+3 letters: achondrites, benedictory, carotenoids, chlorinated, codirecting, codirection, concertized, concretized, conditioner, condottiere, condottieri, conscripted, considerate, constrained, constricted, constringed, contributed, coordinated, coordinates, copresident, coresidents, counterbids, counterraid, countrified, countryfied, countryside, countrywide, declaration, decorations, decryptions, demarcation, deprecation, dereliction, description, desecration, destruction, detractions, directional, disconcerts, discounters, discretions, divorcement, doctrinaire, endothermic, endotrophic, eradication, incorrupted, indirection, interdictor, interlocked, introducers, introjected, modernistic, nondescript, nondirected, predication, predictions, radiolucent, reconditely, recondition, reconvicted, recordation, redactional, redirection, rediscounts, reductional, reeducation, reintroduce, retroceding, rodenticide, trickledown, tricornered, tyrocidines, uncontrived.
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