teaching
[tee-ching]
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Origin of teaching
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Related Words
discipline, training, guidance, instruction, schooling, culture, cultivation, learning, reading, tutoring, coaching, enlightenment, tutelage, apprenticeship, drillingExamples from the Web for teachings
Contemporary Examples
“I thought in Europe they would abandon Wahhabi teachings,” she say.
While their songs are inspired by Jewish teachings, they are nowhere close to evangelical.
The Sisterhood of Bulletproof Stockings: It’s Ladies’ Night for Hasidic RockersEmily Shire
September 30, 2014
He said those deceivers would cause Christians who remain true to His teachings to become reviled.
But his followers aggressively spread his teachings by infiltrating house churches in China.
Levine had been in and around AA for more than a decade when he began merging Buddhism with the 12-step teachings.
Historical Examples
Her tone is pure, her morals are high, her teachings are direct and effective.
The Boy Life of NapoleonEugenie Foa
He had acquired this from his mother's teachings and his father's spendthrift ways.
The Boy Life of NapoleonEugenie Foa
He wrote the book of “Meaning and Life” and spread his teachings through the world.
The Chinese Fairy BookVarious
These doctrines are known to this day as the teachings of the Yellow Ancient.
The Chinese Fairy BookVarious
And then he ran over, in eager tones, all that he owed to her teachings.
Gerald FitzgeraldCharles James Lever
teaching
- the art or profession of a teacher
- (sometimes plural) something taught; precept
- (modifier) denoting a person or institution that teachesa teaching hospital
- (modifier) used in teachingteaching aids
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