preachment
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mənt Origin:
1300–50; Middle English prechement < Old French preë(s)chement < Medieval Latin praedicāmentum speech; see predicament
1300–50; Middle English prechement < Old French preë(s)chement < Medieval Latin praedicāmentum speech; see predicament
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preachment (ˈpriːtʃmənt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the act of preaching |
| 2. | a tedious or pompous sermon or discourse |
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Preachment
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Example sentences
The play is a tremendous preachment in behalf of the movement for a health certificate with every marriage license.
Novelty theater that inspired the foregoing preachment.
His talk will be a preachment on universal preparedness.
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