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tʃɪŋ noun
1.
the act or practice of a person who preaches.
2.
the art of delivering sermons.
3.
a sermon.
4.
a public religious service with a sermon.
adjective
5.
of, pertaining to, or resembling preaching: a preaching tone of voice.
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verb (used with object)
1.
to proclaim or make known by sermon (the gospel, good tidings, etc.).
2.
to deliver (a sermon).
3.
to advocate or inculcate (religious or moral truth, right conduct, etc.) in speech or writing.
verb (used without object)
4.
to deliver a sermon.
5.
to give earnest advice, as on religious or moral subjects or the like.
6.
to do this in an obtrusive or tedious way.
Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English prechen < Old French pre(ë)chier < Late Latin praedicāre to preach (Latin: to assert publicly, proclaim). See predicate
1175–1225; Middle English prechen < Old French pre(ë)chier < Late Latin praedicāre to preach (Latin: to assert publicly, proclaim). See predicate
Related forms
out·preach, verb (used with object)
un·preached, adjective
Synonyms
5. advocate, profess, pronounce, expound.
5. advocate, profess, pronounce, expound.
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preach (priːtʃ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to make known (religious truth) or give religious or moral instruction or exhortation in (sermons) |
| 2. | to advocate (a virtue, action, etc), esp in a moralizing way |
| [C13: from Old French prechier, from Church Latin praedicāre, from Latin: to proclaim in public; see | |
| 'preachable | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
preach
late O.E. predician, a loan word from Church L., reborrowed 12c. as preachen, from O.Fr. prechier (11c.), from L.L. predicare "to proclaim publicly, announce" (in M.L. "to preach"), from L. præ- "forth" + dicare "to proclaim, to say" (see diction). To preach to the
converted is recorded from 1867. Preacher (early 13c.) is from O.Fr. preecheor, from L. prædicatorem (nom. prædicator), lit. "proclaimer." Slang short form preach (n.) is recorded from 1968.
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Example sentences
On any day of the year, you'll hear me preaching about the benefits of slow travel and taking your time to really soak in a place.
And frankly, that's fine, because they are not preaching to us about religion.
As well as preaching pluralism, the old state-backed outfits should practise it too.
We didn't have to spend all our time preaching austerity and spending cuts.
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