Hip Glossary: Doctrine

Doc"trine (?), n. [F. doctrine, L. doctrina, fr. doctor.]

1. Teaching; instruction.

2. That which is taught; what is held, put forth as true, and supported by a teacher, a school, or a sect; a principle or position, or the body of principles, in any branch of knowledge; any tenet or dogma; a principle of faith; as, the doctrine of atoms; the doctrine of chances. The doctrine of gravitation." I. Watts.