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doctrinally

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[dahk-trahyn-uh-lee, dahk-truhn-] / dɑkˈtraɪn ə li, ˈdɑk trən- /

adverb

  1. with reference to doctrine.


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Can the Constitution operate only in the future while the past is sealed off as doctrinally untouchable?

From Slate ● Jan. 8, 2026

Still, Francis’s church is doctrinally opposed to euthanasia, and he has personally condemned it, so the pope did allude, in one of his public addresses, to “patients who, in place of affection, are administered death.”

From Washington Post ● Aug. 17, 2022

Christ Fellowship, which is “aligned doctrinally and cooperatively in missions with the Southern Baptist Convention,” according to its website, hosts a variety of activities across its six campuses in Miami-Dade, including young adult nights.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 24, 2022

St. John Paul II's conservative Vatican had launched a crackdown on liberation theology, and the cause languished in the Vatican's doctrine office while theologians studied his writings to ensure they were doctrinally sound.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2018

On reading Mr. Wendling's "Reply to Robert Ingersoll," it is difficult to determine precisely its theological status, or what are Mr. Wendling's positions, doctrinally, in reference to Christianity.

From Ingersoll in Canada A Reply to Wendling, Archbishop Lynch, Bystander; and Others by Allen Pringle

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