But how far can such rigid doctrine go when the sport, more than anything, pays homage to improvisational genius?

A New York Times reporter, John Kifner, went to Starrett City and found scant support for Mr. Reynolds's rigid doctrine.

While rigid doctrines may have made sense in the early days, they don't now, when major goals have been won and a more diverse group of women are in the picture.

However with her newfound faith Táhirih found it difficult to comply with her family's rigid religious doctrine and began openly battling with them.

In much the same way, political parties maintain a disciplined adherence to their rigid doctrines by infighting and pressure.

For her values had been a rigid doctrine that she insisted her children follow.

But in the end, he settled on a rigid doctrine.

Bentley was well liked by his parishioners because of his philosophy of emphasizing good works over rigid doctrine.

Scientology has a rigid doctrine which discourages secondary interpretation of its writings.

Although he feels he escaped "the deep imprinting on the psyche of Catholic guilt", Williams was captivated by "those gothic images and rigid doctrines".