preaching
[pree-ching]
- the act or practice of a person who preaches.
- the art of delivering sermons.
- a sermon.
- a public religious service with a sermon.
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- of, relating to, or resembling preaching: a preaching tone of voice.
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Origin of preaching
preach
[preech]
- 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.
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- 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.
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Origin of preach
1175–1225; Middle English prechen < Old French pre(ë)chier < Late Latin praedicāre to preach (Latin: to assert publicly, proclaim). See predicate
Synonyms
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Examples from the Web for preaching
Contemporary Examples
While preaching D.A.R.E. in schools, we made a drug out of external validation.
These newspapers are preaching to the converted; Republicans read Republican papers.
The elders recommended that Driscoll step down as preaching pastor and only return when the elders believed he was ready.
Megachurch Mars Hill To close Doors: What Does the Future Hold Now?Warren Throckmorton
November 2, 2014
Its members are supposed to be the earnest Christians, preaching the Gospel but not fomenting hate around the world.
After angering the crowd with a late start in 2008, West was back with some better music, and a lot of preaching.
Historical Examples
He could not avoid contrasting this behaviour with his past preaching.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
Staples once that I did n't see but that the Doctor could beat him at preaching.
The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII)John Greenleaf Whittier
Yet the old carpenter's preaching is, methinks, more to your taste.
Micah ClarkeArthur Conan Doyle
The wife at once said that he dared not leave off preaching as long as he could speak.
BunyanJames Anthony Froude
Bunyan's preaching enterprise became an extraordinary success.
BunyanJames Anthony Froude
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
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Word Origin
C13: from Old French prechier, from Church Latin praedicāre, from Latin: to proclaim in public; see predicate
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Word Origin and History for preaching
preach
v.
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).
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Idioms and Phrases with preaching
preach
In addition to the idiom beginning with preach
- preach to the converted
also see:
- practice what you preach
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