The Only Use of "doctrine" in "To Kill a Mockingbird"

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The Only Use

doctrine
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
(Edited)

Again, as I had often met it in my own church, I was confronted with the Impurity of Women doctrine that seemed to preoccupy all clergymen.
p. 138.8

doctrine = authoritative belief

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(1) (doctrine)
a belief (or system of beliefs or principles) accepted as authoritative by some group
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)