doctrinal

[ dok-truh-nl; British also dok-trahyn-l ]

adjective

Origin of doctrinal

1400–50; late Middle English <Late Latin doctrīnālis, equivalent to Latin doctrīn(a) (see doctrine) + -ālis-al¹

Several studies of contemporary communities support the idea that doctrinal rituals help unite social groups.
Why do we miss the rituals put on hold by the COVID-19 pandemic? | Sujata Gupta | August 14, 2020 | Science News
Doctrinally, the modern Ritualist is prepared to surrender the old theory of inspiration.
Outspoken Essays | William Ralph Inge
Here too those who deny the freedom of man's will doctrinally yet accept it as a working fact.
The Discipline of War | John Hasloch Potter
In this province, taken as a whole, it does not so much speak doctrinally, as enforce measures of discipline.
Apologia Pro Vita Sua | John Henry Cardinal Newman
At times she has been puritanical, at others morally lax; at times doctrinally lax, at others rigid.
Lux Mundi | Various

All this, mythically, illustratively, and by no means doctrinally or polemically.
The Professor at the Breakfast Table | Oliver Wendell Holmes (Sr.)

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