Brewer's: Doctrinists

or Doctrinaires. A political party which has existed in France since 1815. They maintain that true liberty is compatible with a monarchical Government; and are so called because they advocate what is only a doctrine or dream. M. Guizot was one of this party.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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