doctrine

Noun

A set of beliefs or principles, especially religious or political.
a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
A belief or tenet, especially about philosophical or theological matters.
The body of teachings of an ideology, most often a religion, or of an ideological or religious leader, organization, group, or text.
A self-imposed policy governing some aspect of a country's foreign relations, especially regarding what sort of behavior it will or will not tolerate from other countries.

Examples

His firm DOCTRINE was to always save ’S’ tiles for plural bingos in Words With Friends.
The Four Noble Truths summarise the main doctrines of Buddhism.
The Incarnation is a basic doctrine of Christianity.
the Monroe Doctrine the Brezhnev Doctrine the Negroponte Doctrine
What is the understanding of marriage and family in orthodox Marxist doctrine?

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought

Scrabble Score: 11

doctrine: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
doctrine: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
doctrine: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

doctrine: valid Words With Friends Word