religious doctrine

1. 1.

   the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group

   Synonymschurch doctrinegospelcreed

   Broaderdoctrine

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Questions about religious doctrine

What does religious doctrine mean?

religious doctrine means "the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group".

What is another word for religious doctrine?

Close synonyms include church doctrine, gospel, creed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is religious doctrine a common word?

religious doctrine is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.