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doctrinary, a.|ˈdɒktrɪnərɪ| [ad. F. doctrinaire: see above and -ary1.] Holding an abstract doctrine and seeking to apply it in all circumstances; = doctrinaire a.
1850Hare Mission Comf. 284 Arguing against the doctrinary school. 1860J. P. Kennedy Swallow B. ii. 33 His..doctrinary republicanism. 1893Nat. Observer 15 Apr. 535/1 Doctrinary pedants. Hence doctriˈnarity, quality of a doctrinaire.
a1869Ld. Strangford Lett. etc. 235 (D.) Excess in doctrinarity and excess in earnestness are threatening to set their mark on the new political generation. |