preach
- to proclaim or make known by sermon (the gospel, good tidings, etc.).
- to deliver (a sermon).
- to advocate or inculcate (religious or moral truth, right conduct, etc.) in speech or writing.
- to deliver a sermon.
- to give earnest advice, as on religious or moral subjects or the like.
- to do this in an obtrusive or tedious way.
Origin of preach
Synonyms for preach
See more synonyms for on Thesaurus.comRelated Words for preach
teach, exhort, admonish, orate, sermonize, prophesy, deliver, inform, minister, address, evangelize, talk, blow, urge, advocate, harangue, preachify, mission, missionary, pulpiteerExamples from the Web for preach
Contemporary Examples of preach
At Christianity Today, Peter Chin claims Christians should preach peace instead of bogging down in the particulars of race.
Priests often preach support for the regime to their congregations, many of whom loudly dissent.
In One Corner of Syria, Christmas Spirit Somehow Manages to SurvivePeter Schwartzstein
December 25, 2014
Sex and the City fans were right behind her, ready to preach.
Confessions of a Rom-Com Writer: Liz Tuccillo Talks ‘Sex and the City,’ ‘Take Care,’ and MoreKevin Fallon
December 5, 2014
We should partner with them to get the message across, have them at the table, and listen rather than preach.
Each step of the way, Booker has thrived on the philosophy that your actions matter more than what you preach.
Historical Examples of preach
On most Sundays doth he preach here in the nave to all sorts of folk.
The Armourer's PrenticesCharlotte M. Yonge
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
An Explanation of Luther's Small CatechismJoseph Stump
Herr Pastor has other functions than to preach to the living.
Camps, Quarters and Casual PlacesArchibald Forbes
He continued to preach until he had reached his eighty-third year.
The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII)John Greenleaf Whittier
My mother, my father, will preach a very different doctrine.
Alice, or The Mysteries, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
preach
- to make known (religious truth) or give religious or moral instruction or exhortation in (sermons)
- to advocate (a virtue, action, etc), esp in a moralizing way
Word Origin for preach
Word Origin and History for preach
at first in late Old English predician, a loan word from Church Latin; reborrowed 12c. as preachen, from Old French preechier "to preach, give a sermon" (11c., Modern French précher), from Late Latin praedicare "to proclaim publicly, announce" (in Medieval Latin "to preach"), from Latin prae "before" (see pre-) + dicare "to proclaim, to say" (see diction). Related: Preached; preaching. To preach to the converted is recorded from 1867 (form preach to the choir attested from 1979).
Idioms and Phrases with preach
preach
In addition to the idiom beginning with preach
- preach to the converted
also see:
- practice what you preach