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preach
[ preech ]
verb (used with object)
- to proclaim or make known by sermon (the gospel, good tidings, etc.).
- to deliver (a sermon).
- to advocate or inculcate (religious or moral truth, right conduct, etc.) in speech or writing.
preach
/ priːtʃ /
verb
- to make known (religious truth) or give religious or moral instruction or exhortation in (sermons)
- to advocate (a virtue, action, etc), esp in a moralizing way
Derived Forms
- ˈpreachable, adjective
Other Words From
- out·preach verb (used with object)
- un·preached adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of preach1
Idioms and Phrases
- preach to the choir. preach to the choir.
More idioms and phrases containing preach
In addition to the idiom beginning with preach , also see practice what you preach .Example Sentences
Special teams coordinator Chase Blackburn preached patience, saying: “We’ve got to work through it.”
He gained a reputation for filling churches with his charismatic preaching.
Although some were operating in insurgency-hit countries like Burkina Faso, others had been sent back to their villages in northern Ghana to preach their "radical faith", it added.
It’s in the birth of a Jewish Rabbi who preached tolerance and was condemned to death more than 2,000 years ago by a Roman governor.
But I don’t want to preach because I feel that we’re already so incredibly divided as a country that if I start preaching my politics, I’m going to essentially alienate 50% of the population.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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