DOCTRINE


Meaning of DOCTRINE in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ Catholic , Christian , Islamic , etc.

▪ church

▪ economic , legal , military , political , religious

▪ classical , conventional , established , orthodox , traditional

▪ contemporary , current

▪ prevailing

▪ basic , central

▪ false

… OF DOCTRINE

▪ point

communities divided on points of ~

▪ body

an influential body of ~

VERB + DOCTRINE

▪ advocate , expound , preach , proclaim , teach

▪ defend

▪ develop , establish , formulate

▪ accept , adhere to , adopt , be committed to , believe , believe in , embrace , follow , subscribe to , support , uphold

They were all committed to the ~ of social equality.

▪ abandon , oppose , reject , undermine

She rejected the traditional Christian ~s.

▪ apply , invoke

PREPOSITION

▪ in ~

The Church welcomed all who were considered sound in ~.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .