moral instruction
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmoralandinstruction
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moral
adjective
uk/ˈmɒr.əl/us/ˈmɔːr.əl/
relating to the standards of good or bad behaviour, fairness, honesty, etc. that each person believes in, rather than ...
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instruction
noun
uk/ɪnˈstrʌk.ʃən/us/ɪnˈstrʌk.ʃən/
something that someone tells you ...
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(Definition ofmoralandinstructionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The third chapter assesses a number of adages the elders employ to communicatemoralinstruction, making use of a wide range of metaphors.
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The vice-principal was to maintain registers to record each student'smoralinstructionand behavior, and the degree to which he performed his religious obligations.
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The textbooks seem to have been written in accordance with the stipulations associated withmoralinstructionin the 1899-1900 curriculum.
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The satisfaction rests not in specificmoralinstruction, but in the promise of creating new values, principles, and ideals.
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Breaks were sufficiently long so that, under the supervision of teachers, games could be used for themoralinstructionof the children.
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When historical accounts are exposed as false or superficial, their readers often lose interest, for their judgment of history is either asmoralinstructionor as science.
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The primary functions of the institute were to furnish music for public ceremonies, to furnish choirs, and to provide a general education as well as amoralinstruction.
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Hand in hand with the manuals' class consciousness went theirmoralinstruction.
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Secondly, the tendency for religious education to be portrayed by some government spokespeople as virtually synonymous withmoralinstructionhas not helped.
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I would also includemoralinstructionin the duties of citizenship.
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The moment you touchmoralinstructionthe religious question comes in.
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Because these voluntary schools can give definite religious andmoralinstruction, they form valuable centres of morality and stability in the whole system.
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This suggestion is not to be confused withmoralinstruction.
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Undoubtedly, there has been a deterioration in the religious andmoralinstructionof our children in recent times.
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I was speaking not about voluntary schools but about the problem of giving religious andmoralinstruction in the county schools, which are specifically not organised on a religious basis.
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These attacks were founded on the classical theory that the theatre was a site ofmoralinstruction.
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His aim wasmoralinstruction, not history as such; and he has been accused of plagiarism.
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He is best remembered for his sea stories for boys, which combined adventure tales withmoralinstruction.
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Children were encouraged to play board games that developed literacy skills and providedmoralinstruction.
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