doctrinal differences

collocation in English

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doctrinal
adjective
uk
/dɒkˈtraɪ.nəl/us
/ˈdɑːk.trɪ.nəl/
relating ...
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difference
noun
uk
/ˈdɪf.ər.əns/us
/ˈdɪf.ɚ.əns/
the way in which two or more things which you are comparing are not ...
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(Definition ofdoctrinalanddifferencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Through their networks of madrasas, this basicdoctrinaldifferenceis transmitted to students.
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There is probably adoctrinaldifferencebetween us here.
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It was felt that singing should be used to stimulate religious feelings, not to propagate doctrinal differences.
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In addition, personal as well as doctrinal differences may have contributed to his fall.
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Hadis lessons are not the only spaces through which doctrinal differences are transmitted.
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Cusacke argued here that issues of state were above doctrinal differences.
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Denominational and doctrinal differences fade away altogether in his account.
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But in spite of these doctrinal differences, what was the position?
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What matters now is not any doctrinal differences which may exist between any of us here.
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I referred to it as doctrinal differences.
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Prior to the reorganization conference of 1860, numerous doctrinal differences were espoused by the leaders of the various splinter groups.
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It is hard to find any doctrinal differences between these two denominations.
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Six years later, the congregation had grown more conservative, and dismissed him in 1821 over doctrinal differences.
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Nonetheless, there are some highly significant doctrinal differences.
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She summoned church leaders from both sides to attempt to solve their doctrinal differences.
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Other translations are distinguished by smaller, but distinctive, doctrinal differences.
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Each tradition put aside doctrinal differences to come together as long as oath-signing to a central government could be avoided.
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There are no doctrinal differences among any of them.
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The distinction between the two can be due as much to sociopolitical attitude as theological doctrine, although doctrinal differences may exist as well.
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