Definitions for: Preaching

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

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: discourse, sermon

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

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