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Preaching

Preaching Meaning & Definition
Preaching Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Preaching?

[n] a moralistic rebuke; "your preaching is wasted on him"
[n] an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Preaching: discourse | sermon

Related Terms | Find terms related to 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

See Also | address | baccalaureate | evangelism | homily | kerugma | kerygma | lecture | preachment | Sermon on the Mount | speech | talking to

Preaching In Webster's Dictionary

\Preach"ing\, n. 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}.

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