Preaching
noun
1.
the act or practice of a person who preaches.
2.
the art of delivering sermons.
3.
a sermon.
4.
a public religious service with a sermon.
adjective
5.
of, relating to, or resembling preaching:
a preaching tone of voice.
verb (used with object)
1.
to proclaim or make known by sermon (the gospel, good tidings, etc.).
2.
to deliver (a sermon).
3.
to advocate or inculcate (religious or moral truth, right conduct, etc.) in speech or writing.
verb (used without object)
4.
to deliver a sermon.
5.
to give earnest advice, as on religious or moral subjects or the like.
6.
to do this in an obtrusive or tedious way.
verb
1.
to make known (religious truth) or give religious or moral instruction or exhortation in (sermons)
2.
to advocate (a virtue, action, etc), esp in a moralizing way
In addition to the idiom beginning with preach
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