religious instruction

collocation in English

meaningsofreligiousandinstruction

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religious
adjective
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uk
/rɪˈlɪdʒ.əs/
relating ...
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instruction
noun
uk
/ɪnˈstrʌk.ʃən/
us
/ɪnˈstrʌk.ʃən/
something that someone tells you ...
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(Definition ofreligiousandinstructionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofreligious instruction

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The school system remains resolutely secular, with noreligiousinstructionwhatsoever.
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The use of the term 'catechism' is unusual as this refers to a system ofreligiousinstructionusing formal fixed questions.
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The same parent can force his child to attend a particular school, acceptreligiousinstruction, or stay home to share a family meal.
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Persecution and the small number of priests ensured important roles for the laity inreligiousinstructionand further evangelisation.
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This opinion might be quite correct, or even logically necessary, if it captures the grammatical essence ofreligiousinstruction.
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There is no formal timetabling ofreligiousinstructionin most schools.
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While sermons were supplemental to the mass, they provided desirablereligiousinstructionand inspiration to the laity.
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We require her to attendreligiousinstructionwhile simultaneously exposing her to diverse cultural practices.
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The narrative sentiment of this small book, typical among many of its type of 'juvenilereligiousinstruction,' could not be clearer.
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The interesting aspect of the rhetorical stance of this text is that it develops in a direction opposite to what is recurrently stressed duringreligiousinstruction.
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The most important agreements related to the fate of religious teaching: an amendment was created that enabled parents who so chose to ' opt out ' ofreligiousinstructionfor their children.
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Hema enjoyed priority access to the realms of education (includingreligiousinstruction), administration and commerce.
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The corollary is this, that cookery lessons cannot begin until afterreligiousinstructionis over, and all the rest is mere camouflage and wasting time.
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If the education authority are to have liberty to continuereligiousinstruction, they will also have power to discontinue religious instuction.
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It must be the atmosphere within which the specificreligiousinstructionis given.
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I am one of those who have always believed inreligiousinstructionfor the young.
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