Definition of Teachings

1. Noun. The particular message or curriculum that is taught. Often used in the form: the teachings of X. ¹

2. Noun. (plural of teaching) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Teachings

1. teaching [n] - See also: teaching

Lexicographical Neighbors of Teachings

teaches
teaches away
teachest
teacheth
teachie
teachin'
teaching
teaching aid
teaching away
teaching certificate
teaching fellow
teaching hospital
teaching materials
teaching method
teaching reading
teachings (current term)
teachless
teacup
teacupful
teacupfuls
teacuplike
teacups
teacupsful
tead
teade
teades
teads
teaed
teagle
teagled

Literary usage of Teachings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sociology: Its Development and Applications by James Quayle Dealey (1920)
"Evil of Rigidity in teachings.—In the same way progress is hindered if the ... Dogmatism of a rigid type, relying chiefly on the teachings of the past and ..."

2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"Jerome was of blameless life, and his attachment to the Roman Church was sincere; consequently, as he rejected Wyclif's teachings as to the Lord's Supper, ..."

3. The Age of Fable; Or, Beauties of Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch, John Loughran Scott (1898)
"... Gods —O-si'ris and I'sis—Oracles—Ju'pi-ter Do-do'na— Del'phi—Tro-pho'ni-us—/Es-cu-la'pi-us — A'pis. Py-thag'o-ras. THF. teachings of Anchises to . ..."

4. The World's Parliament of Religions: An Illustrated and Popular Story of the by John Henry Barrows (1893)
"Be they heathen, pagan or something else, it is a fact that from the beginning of our history, Japan has received all teachings with open mind; ..."

5. The World's Parliament of Religions: An Illustrated and Popular Story of the by John Henry Barrows (1893)
"Be they heathen, pagan or something else, it is a fact that from the beginning of our history, Japan has received all teachings with open mmd ; and also ..."

6. The Word by Harold Waldwin Percival (1913)
"teachings OF SOCRATES. BY EDUARD HERRMANN. ONE of the objects of the Theosophical Society is to study the ancient religions and philosophies—and a very wise ..."

7. The Works of the Long-mournful and Sorely-distressed Isaac Penington, Whom by Isaac Penington (1761)
"TREATISE CONCERNING GOD'S teachings, and CHRIST'S Law, i. ... all know the Lord by the teachings of his Spirit, from the lead to the ..."

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