1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Teach.

2. (n.) The act or business of instructing; also, that which is taught; instruction.

a belief adage ana analects aphorism apothegm article of faith assignment autodidactic axiom belief byword canon catchword chalk talk charge coeducational collected sayings command commission credo creed cultural current saying dictate dictum didactic direction disciplinary discourse disquisition distich doctrine dogma edifying educating educational educative enlightening epigram exercise exhortatory exposition expression faith gnome golden saying harangue homework homiletic homily hortatory illuminating informative initiatory injunction instruction instructive introductory lecture lecture-demonstration lecturing lesson maxim moral moral lesson morality moralization mot motto object lesson oracle order orthodoxy phrase pithy saying preaching preachment precept preceptive prescript prescription principle propaedeutic proverb proverbial saying proverbs recital recitation religion religious belief religious faith saw saying self-teaching sentence sententious expression sermon set task skull session sloka stock saying sutra system of beliefs talk task tenet text theology tradition tuitionary verse wisdom wisdom literature wise saying witticism word words of wisdom