| a. | 1. | Pertaining to, or containing, doctrine or something taught and to be believed; |
| 2. | Pertaining to, or having to do with, teaching. | |
| n. | 1. | A matter of doctrine; also, a system of doctrines. |
| Adj. | 1. | doctrinal - relating to or involving or preoccupied with doctrine; "quibbling over doctrinal minutiae" |