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PREACHING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A moralistic rebuke
Example:
your preaching is wasted on him
Synonyms:
preaching; sermon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("preaching" is a kind of...):
lecture; speech; talking to (a lengthy rebuke)
Derivation:
preach (speak, plead, or argue in favor of)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)
Synonyms:
discourse; preaching; sermon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("preaching" is a kind of...):
address; speech (the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience)
Domain category:
church; church service (a service conducted in a house of worship)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "preaching"):
baccalaureate (a farewell sermon to a graduating class at their commencement ceremonies)
kerugma; kerygma (preaching the gospel of Christ in the manner of the early church)
evangelism (zealous preaching and advocacy of the gospel)
homily; preachment (a sermon on a moral or religious topic)
Instance hyponyms:
Sermon on the Mount (the first major discourse delivered by Jesus (Matthew 5-7 and Luke 6:20-49))
Derivation:
preach (deliver a sermon)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb preach
Context examples:
A kiss for a blow is always best, though it's not very easy to give it sometimes, said her mother, with the air of one who had learned the difference between preaching and practicing.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
And I do not know that I should be fond of preaching often; now and then, perhaps once or twice in the spring, after being anxiously expected for half a dozen Sundays together; but not for a constancy; it would not do for a constancy.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
“'Fore God, this is a strange way of preaching peace,” cried Black Simon.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
She had been graciously pleased to approve of both of the discourses which he had already had the honour of preaching before her.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
A fine preacher is followed and admired; but it is not in fine preaching only that a good clergyman will be useful in his parish and his neighbourhood, where the parish and neighbourhood are of a size capable of knowing his private character, and observing his general conduct, which in London can rarely be the case.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
I would have them live as others and do men's work in the world, preaching by their lives rather than their words.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
You rob me first, and now you would come preaching and whining, in search mayhap of another field or two for your priestly friends.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Oh, I weary of your preaching!” she cried, and swept away with a toss of her beautiful head, leaving Alleyne as cast down and ashamed as though he had himself proposed some infamous thing.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
