different between doctrine vs modalism

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.

English

Etymology

modal +? -ism

Noun

modalism (countable and uncountable, plural modalisms)

1. (Christianity) The doctrine that the Trinity is composed of three modes or aspects of divine self-revelation, rather than three parts of God.

Derived terms

• modalist

Translations

Anagrams

• Islamdom