All 3 Uses of
doctrine
in
Arrowsmith
- He was a bright and happy Christian, a romping optimist who laughed away sin and doubt, a joyful Puritan who with annoying virility preached the doctrine of his tiny sect, the Sanctification Brotherhood, that to have a beautiful church was almost as damnable as the debaucheries of card-playing.†
Chpt 2
- If he was bored by the United Brethren minister's discourse on doctrine, on the wickedness of movies, and the scandalous pay of pastors, it was not at all because he was a distant and supersensitive young man but because he found more savor in the garageman's salty remarks on the art of remembering to ante in poker.†
Chpt 16
- But best of all, they are able to help me put over the doctrine of the Mens Sana in the Corpus Sano.†
Chpt 19 *
Definition:
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(doctrine) a belief (or system of beliefs or principles) accepted as authoritative by some group