That which is taught; (a person's) doctrine or teaching. Applied chiefly to religious doctrine, but used also with reference to moral principles…

plural. Doctrines, precepts, ordinances. Obsolete.

Something believed; a proposition or set of propositions held to be true. In early usage esp.: a doctrine forming part of a religious system; a set…

That which is taught. esp. That which is taught or laid down as true concerning a particular subject or department of knowledge, as religion…

Opinion (esp. in religious or theological matters). (Cf. -ism, suffix.)

The body of opinion, esp. on religious matters, formulated or laid down authoritatively or assertively; systematized belief; tenets or principles…