Doctrine and Precedent

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Doctrine noun - A statement or body of statements concerning faith or morals proclaimed by a church.

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Precedent and doctrine are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Precedent" instead a noun "Doctrine".

Nearby Words: doctrinal, doctrinarian

Precedent noun - An example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time.

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Doctrine and precedent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Doctrine" instead a noun "Precedent".

similar	similar doctrine	similar precedent
certain	certain doctrine	certain precedent
solid	solid doctrine	solid precedent
original	original doctrine	original precedent
Other adjectives: legal, actual, entire, ancient, new, general, military, imperial, earlier, real-life.

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