All 7 Uses of
doctrine
in
Jane Eyre
- Men too often confound them: they should not be confounded: appearance should not be mistaken for truth; narrow human doctrines, that only tend to elate and magnify a few, should not be substituted for the world-redeeming creed of Christ.†
Chpt Pref.
- I heard her with wonder: I could not comprehend this doctrine of endurance; and still less could I understand or sympathise with the forbearance she expressed for her chastiser.†
Chpt 6
- Heathens and savage tribes hold that doctrine, but Christians and civilised nations disown it.†
Chpt 6 *
- This, par parenthese, will be thought cool language by persons who entertain solemn doctrines about the angelic nature of children, and the duty of those charged with their education to conceive for them an idolatrous devotion: but I am not writing to flatter parental egotism, to echo cant, or prop up humbug; I am merely telling the truth.†
Chpt 12
- In pondering the great mystery, I thought of Helen Burns, recalled her dying words — her faith — her doctrine of the equality of disembodied souls.†
Chpt 21
- Throughout there was a strange bitterness; an absence of consolatory gentleness; stern allusions to Calvinistic doctrines — election, predestination, reprobation — were frequent; and each reference to these points sounded like a sentence pronounced for doom.†
Chpt 30
- As His disciple I adopt His pure, His merciful, His benignant doctrines.†
Chpt 32
Definition:
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(doctrine) a belief (or system of beliefs or principles) accepted as authoritative by some group