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  • adjective Capable of being preached.

Etymologies

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preach +‎ -able

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Examples

  • D.C. church's 'Daniel' blog seizes preachable moment

    Archive 2006-01-01 2006

  • This had the advantage over some other systems of having been preached, and thus proved to be preachable.

    A History of American Christianity 1830-1907 1897

  • This had the advantage over some other systems of having been preached, and thus proved to be preachable.

    A History of American Christianity Leonard Woolsey Bacon 1868

  • Call it a "preachable moment," as well, one for clergy to consider as they address their congregants this weekend.

    WordPress.com News 2009

  • : I would like to suggest a different way to look at the question of predestination, as taught by hard-core Augustinians and Calvinists: is it preachable?

    Stand Firm 2009

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