spiritual growth

collocation in English

meaningsofspiritualandgrowth

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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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growth
noun
uk
/ɡrəʊθ/us
/ɡroʊθ/
The growth of a person, animal, or plant is its process of increasing ...
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Throughout the sequence, experiments like these develop tonal contours to parallel the wit, doubt, active desire, andspiritualgrowthin the themes.
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Team members spoke of a number of practices that facilitated individual and collectivespiritualgrowth.
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Yasin wishes to underline that, for such scholars,spiritualgrowthwas as significant as scripturalism and legal sciences.
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Indeed, reflections,spiritualgrowthand transcendences are possible at the final stage of life journey.
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Again, self-realization means that each individual'sspiritualgrowthmust transcend the isolated, competitive human ego, maturing to experience the oneness and harmony of the entire biotic community.
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It sought to move beyond the financial facts of life and to talk about "moral profits"and"spiritualgrowth".
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This produces people who operate according to primitive instincts and reasoning alone, and who lack empathy and the capacity forspiritualgrowth.
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The process must he one ofspiritualgrowth, as well as of material progress; and the end must be a series of organic acts of union.
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The aim was not just to provide food at lunchtime, although we have always considered that education covers the physical, mental, intellectual and evenspiritualgrowthof our children.
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I am worried about the establishment of team ministries as an alternative to individual churches with individual incumbents becausespiritualgrowthis required in all worshipping communities.
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The process must be one ofspiritualgrowth, as well as of material progress; and the end must be a series of organic acts of union.
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The retreat also focuses on team-building andspiritualgrowth, in addition to sessions that provide tips to relieve the stress of freshman year.
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She has given numerous workshops on pastoral counseling, dream interpretation, journaling,spiritualgrowth, and pilgrimage.
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Cadets build character, and learn leadership, independence, confidence, responsibility, and discipline in a setting that encourages mental, physical, andspiritualgrowth.
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The organization providesspiritualgrowthfor their members.
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In this way, the school nourishesspiritualgrowthwithin each child and inspires a greater sense of self-worth and respect for others.
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It presents itself as a place of fellowship andspiritualgrowthas well as a research and study center.
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Although latent karma does not affect the soul directly, its existence limits thespiritualgrowthof the soul.
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Rather than focusing onspiritualgrowth, secular meditation emphasizes stress reduction, relaxation and self-improvement.
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