 |
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Preach \Preach\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Preached}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Preaching}.] [OE. prechen, OF. preechier, F. pr[^e]cher, fr. L. praedicare to cry in public, to proclaim; prae before + dicare to make known, dicere to say; or perhaps from (assumed) LL. praedictare. See {Diction}, and cf. {Predicate}, {Predict}.]
1. To proclaim or publish tidings; specifically, to proclaim the gospel; to discourse publicly on a religious subject, or from a text of Scripture; to deliver a sermon.
How shall they preach, except they be sent? --Rom. x. 15.
From that time Jesus began to preach. --Matt. iv. 17.
2. To give serious advice on morals or religion; to discourse in the manner of a preacher.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Preaching \Preach"ing\ (pr[=e]ch"[i^]ng), noun The act of delivering a religious discourse; the art of sermonizing; also, a sermon; a public religious discourse; serious, earnest advice. --Milner.
{Preaching cross}, a cross, sometimes surmounting a pulpit, erected out of doors to designate a preaching place.
{Preaching friars}. See {Dominican}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
preaching
noun
1: an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service) [syn: {sermon}, {discourse}]
2: a moralistic rebuke; "your preaching is wasted on him" [syn: {sermon}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "preaching": allurement, blandishment, cajolement, cajolery, coaxing, conning, discourse, engagement, enlistment, exhortation, homily, hortation, inducement, jawboning, lecture, lobbying, persuasion, preach, preachification, preachment, prelection, religious discourse, sales talk, salesmanship, selling, sermon, sermonette, sermonizing, snow job, soft soap, solicitation, suasion, sweet talk, travelogue, wheedling, working on
 |
Definitions retrieved from local copies of the freely distributed DICT client/server software and databases. Click here for database copyright information. - KM |