Entry Word: doctrine

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a statement or body of statements concerning faith or morals proclaimed by a church <the Catholic Church's doctrine on the Eucharist>

Synonyms canon, dogma

Related Words belief, conviction, tenet; credo, creed, ideology, philosophy, theology; axiom, precept, principle

2 the basic beliefs or guiding principles of a person or group <the doctrine of quantum physicists> — see creed 1