Verb (used with object), : to inculcate virtue in the young. ,Socrates inculcated his pupils with the love of truth. From Dictionary.com.
He regards the stage as a vehicle of patriotism, an instrument of education, a guider of artistic taste, an inculcator of old-time morality. From Wordnik.com. [William of Germany] Reference
In it was the following kindly reference to myself: "Our present pleasing duty is to recognise the labours of Mr. Denvir -- efforts in such a cause are always touchingly beautiful -- as an inculcator of national sentiment; to illustrate the genuine literary interest and value of the first booklet of his new library; and to wish the library a long and useful, and in every way successful vogue.". From Wordnik.com. [The Life Story of an Old Rebel] Reference
The first reason is proffered by small-r republicans, those who believe that government is an arbitrator, inculcator, and encourager of virtue. From Wordnik.com. [decorabilia] Reference
Poussin's contemporaries praised him chiefly as a preceptor, an inculcator of historical truths, more especially the truths of classical and Hebrew history. From Wordnik.com. [Since Cézanne] Reference
While the various institutions within the political, economic, and other spheres are important, the family is the primary inculcator of the moral culture in a society. From Wordnik.com. [The Shotgun] Reference
Its object was to point a moral: and it did this in two ways; either as an affirmative, constructive inculcator of what life should be, -- as the portrayer of the ideal; or as a negative, critical describer of the types of life actually existing, -- as the portrayer of the real. From Wordnik.com. [John Lyly] Reference
In it was the following kindly reference to myself: “Our present pleasing duty is to recognise the labours of Mr. Denvir ” efforts in such a cause are always touchingly beautiful ” as an inculcator of national sentiment; to illustrate the genuine literary interest and value of the first booklet of his new library; and to wish the library a long and useful, and in every way successful vogue.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Life Story of an Old Rebel]
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