spiritual development

collocation in English

meaningsofspiritualanddevelopment

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spiritual
adjective
uk
/ˈspɪr.ɪ.tʃu.əl/us
/ˈspɪr.ə.tʃu.əl/
relating to deep feelings and beliefs, especially ...
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development
noun
uk
/dɪˈvel.əp.mənt/us
/dɪˈvel.əp.mənt/
the process in which someone or something grows or changes and becomes ...
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(Definition ofspiritualanddevelopmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Do you wish yourspiritualdevelopmentto follow your own whims?
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Opportunities to feel compassion or come to the aid of others are essential for a person's properspiritualdevelopment.
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Another important truth brought into focus in this discussion is the importance of remembering the dynamic nature of human moral andspiritualdevelopment.
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In fact some feel that institutionalised religion is an obstruction tospiritualdevelopment.
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She lacks the ability, the leisure and the need to evaluate the ultimate costs and benefits of her rescue attempt for thespiritualdevelopmentof everyone involved.
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Francisca clearly invested herself deeply, for her ownspiritualdevelopmentand the forwarding of the tertiary community that she led, much depended on the personality and gifts of each confessor.
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The circular states that religious observance complements religious education and is an important part of a pupil'sspiritualdevelopment.
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Thespiritualdevelopmentof a child goes rather wider than just being aware of good neighbourliness.
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Among the most important national assets are not merely material well-being, but human well-being and the mental andspiritualdevelopmentof the human material.
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The fact that there are difficulties should not prevent us from trying to promote moral andspiritualdevelopment.
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I suggest that the cultural andspiritualdevelopmentof young people is best left predominantly to their parents.
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I think we shall ultimately realise this to be a great asset in the physical, moral, andspiritualdevelopmentof our race.
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They need a family structure to provide for their emotional, physical andspiritualdevelopment.
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It is along the line of self-control and self-dependence, and there you get the fullestspiritualdevelopment.
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Our difficulty is to find a solution to an economic problem which safeguards our intellectual, moral andspiritualdevelopment.
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The bishop said that moral andspiritualdevelopmentis part of family life.
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Collective worship helps to establish a positive ethos in a school community, and makes a vital contribution to pupils' moral andspiritualdevelopment.
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They ask what is meant byspiritualdevelopment.
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We may have the highest ideals for the curriculum for moral andspiritualdevelopment.
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That is why we have written bothspiritualdevelopmentand citizenship into the clauses.
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