Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To proclaim or put forth in a sermon.
- intransitive verb To advocate, especially to urge acceptance of or compliance with.
- intransitive verb To deliver (a sermon).
- intransitive verb To deliver a sermon.
- intransitive verb To give religious or moral instruction, especially in a tedious manner.
- idiom (choir/converted) To argue in favor of a viewpoint already held by one's audience.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A sermon; a religious discourse.
- To make a public announcement; especially, to pronounce a public discourse upon a religious subject, or from a text of Scripture; deliver a sermon.
- To give earnest advice, especially on religious or moral subjects; also, to give advice obtrusively on religious or moral matters.
- To proclaim as a herald; declare; make known; publish.
- To inculcate (especially religious or moral truth or right conduct) in public or private discourse.
- To deliver, as a public religious discourse; pronounce, as a sermon.
- To affect by preaching, in a manner indicated by the context: as, to
preach one into a penitent or a rebellious mood. - To silence or suppress by preaching: as, to
preach down unbelief.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb 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.
- intransitive verb To give serious advice on morals or religion; to discourse in the manner of a preacher.
- noun obsolete A religious discourse.
- transitive verb To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue.
- transitive verb To inculcate in public discourse; to urge with earnestness by public teaching.
- transitive verb To deliver or pronounce.
- transitive verb rare To teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching.
- transitive verb To advise or recommend earnestly.
- transitive verb to oppress, or humiliate by preaching.
- transitive verb to exalt by preaching; to preach in support of.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Give a
sermon . - verb
Advocate orsupport verbally in aninsisting ,urging , orinciting manner. - noun obsolete A
religious discourse .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb speak, plead, or argue in favor of
- verb deliver a sermon
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Many years later, Ronnie told a reporter, All I can preach is school.
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Many years later, Ronnie told a reporter, All I can preach is school.
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Just because there are more tolerant attitudes in those countries, does not mean that there are no individuals such as those in churches and who preach from the pulpit who cause the internalization of grief and guilt.
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Either God, as they preach, is looking out for us, or we are doomed anyway.
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Many years later, Ronnie told a reporter, All I can preach is school.
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Also the fact that they don't live what they preach is as hypocritical as it gets.
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Many years later, Ronnie told a reporter, All I can preach is school.
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Two weeks ago Mr Qarase was ordained as a Methodist lay preacher hours after he was challenged by a Tongan minister who warned of more coups in Fiji if its leaders did not preach from the pulpit.
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However what he was trying to preach is not incorrect and is well withing his constitutional right of freedom of speech.
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Obama's only credential is that he learned how to preach from a pulpit from his mentor guru Rev. Wright and people like you bought it.
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