different between commandment vs doctrine

English

Alternative forms

• commaundment, commandement (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English comaundement, from Old French comandement, from comander. See command.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k??m??ndm?nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k??mændm?nt/

Noun

commandment (countable and uncountable, plural commandments)

1. (religion) A divinely ordained command, especially one of the Ten Commandments.
2. (archaic) Something that must be obeyed; a command or edict.

   • Pau. Pray you then,

     Conduct me to the Queene.

     Gao. I may not (Madam)

     To the contrary I haue expre??e commandment.

3. (obsolete) The act of commanding; exercise of authority.

   • Orl. Speake you ?o gently ? Pardon me I pray you,

     I thought that all things had bin ?auage heere,

     And therefore put I on the countenance

     Of ?terne command'ment.

4. (law) The offence of commanding or inducing another to violate the law.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin doctrina (“teaching, instruction, learning, knowledge”), from doctor (“a teacher”), from docere (“to teach”); see doctor.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?kt??n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?kt??n/
• Hyphenation: doc?trine

Noun

doctrine (countable and uncountable, plural doctrines)

1. (countable) A belief or tenet, especially about philosophical or theological matters.

   The incarnation is a basic doctrine of classical Christianity.

   The four noble truths summarise the main doctrines of Buddhism.

2. (countable and uncountable) The body of teachings of an ideology, most often a religion, or of an ideological or religious leader, organization, group or text.

   What is the understanding of marriage and family in orthodox Marxist doctrine?

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• doctrine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• doctrine in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Crediton, centroid

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch doctrine, from Middle French doctrine, from Latin doctr?na.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?k?tri.n?/
• Hyphenation: doc?tri?ne
• Rhymes: -in?

Noun

doctrine f (plural doctrines, diminutive doctrinetje n)

1. doctrine

   Synonyms: leer, leerstuk

Derived terms

• doctrinair
• indoctrineren

French

Etymology

From Latin doctrina, diminutive from doctus, taught, perfect passive participle of docere, teach

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?k.t?in/

Noun

doctrine f (plural doctrines)

1. doctrine

Further reading

• “doctrine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Verb

doctrine

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of doctrinar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of doctrinar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of doctrinar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of doctrinar.