Preach
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iËtʃ
Origin
From Middle English prechen, from Old French precchier (Modern French prêcher), from Latin praedicÄre, present active infinitive of praedicÅ.
Full definition of preach
Verb
- (intransitive) To give a sermon.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, The Mirror and the Lamp Chapter 3, One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.†He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis … interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.
- A local Muslim used to preach from the Quran and hadith.
- (transitive) To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue.
- Bible, Isa. lxi. 1The Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek.
- (transitive) To advise or recommend earnestly.
- ShakespeareMy master preaches patience to him.
- (transitive) To teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching.
- SoutheyAs ye are preached.