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Preach v. t.

To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue. "That Cristes gospel truly wolde preche." "The Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek."

To inculcate in public discourse; to urge with earnestness by public teaching. "I have preached righteousness in the great congregation."

To deliver or pronounce; as, to preach a sermon.

To teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching. (R.) "As ye are preached."

To advise or recommend earnestly. "My master preaches patience to him."

To preach down, to oppress, or humiliate by preaching.

To preach up, to exalt by preaching; to preach in support of; as, to preach up equality.

Preach v. i. (past & past part. preached; pres. part. preaching)

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. "How shall they preach, except they be sent?" "From that time Jesus began to preach."

To give serious advice on morals or religion; to discourse in the manner of a preacher.

noun

Preach n. A religious discourse. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Preach'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Preach" Quotes from Famous Books

... the world do you want it to be? Do you want to go a journey to convert heathen, or preach Christian Science, or explore untrodden country? If so, you had better take Aunt Emily and go alone. I'm hoping for a little ...

— The Rhodesian • Gertrude Page

... early Popes however preached there can be no doubt, although most of their homilies, if ever written, have not reached our time. Not only the example of S. Peter who (whatever we may think of the local tradition of Rocca S. Pietro above Palestrina) used certainly to preach, as the Acts of the Apostles prove; but the general custom of other cities would induce the zealous Bishops of Rome to exhort and encourage their flock, particularly in time of persecution; and that ...

— The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome • Charles Michael Baggs

... wish to hurt you," remonstrated Patience, "nor to preach. I do wish you to know, however, that I am quite familiar with the inside workings of a newspaper. I have haunted Father's office since I was a little girl. I was bitterly resentful of being packed off to a preparatory school when I yearned to be a reporter. Father didn't ...

— Grace Harlowe's Fourth Year at Overton College • Jessie Graham Flower

... satisfaction to observe that the churches are, generally speaking, well attended. A great part of the military corps, with their officers, uniformly attend divine service.—A Roman Catholic priest (the Rev. Mr. Dixon) was formerly allowed by government to preach in public, but this indulgence has been subsequently withdrawn from some cause or other; and I am somewhat inclined to attribute this alteration to the seditious conduct of the Irish prisoners, some years since, in which it ...

— The Present Picture of New South Wales (1811) • David Dickinson Mann

... 1906.] ... Rev. Joseph T. Harris and I have been visiting General Sickles. Once, twenty or twenty-five years ago, just as Harris was coming out of his gate Sunday morning to walk to his church and preach, a telegram was put into his hand. He read it immediately, and then, in a manner, collapsed. It said: "General Sickles died last night at midnight." [He had been a chaplain under ...

— Chapters from My Autobiography • Mark Twain

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