preach
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preach
- /pɹiːt͡ʃ/ UK
- /pɹit͡ʃ/ US
Rhymes with -iːtʃ
Where it comes from
From Middle English prechen, from Old French prëechier, precchier (Modern French prêcher), from Latin praedicō (“to proclaim, announce”, literally “to fore-assign, pre-dedicate”). Doublet of predicate.
The Latin word is also the source of Old English predician (“to preach”), Saterland Frisian preetje (“to preach”), West Frisian preekje (“to preach”), Dutch preken (“to preach”), German Low German preken (“to preach”), German predigen (“to preach”), Danish prædike (“to preach”), Swedish predika (“to preach”), Icelandic prédika (“to preach”), Norwegian Nynorsk preika (“to preach”).
verb preaches · preaching · preached · praught
- To give a sermon. Our pastor can preach very well.
- To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue. The Spirit of the Lord God is vpon me, therefore hathe the Lord anointed me: he hathe ſent me to preache good tidings vnto the poore,[…]
- To advise or recommend earnestly. My Mʳ preaches patience to him,[…]
- To teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching. The Spirits of the Dead, / Quitting their mortal mansion, enter not, / As falsely ye are preached, their final seat / Of bliss, or bale;[…]
- To give advice in an offensive or obtrusive manner. Papa, don't preach, I'm in trouble, deep / Papa, don't preach, I've been losing sleep
noun preaches
- A religious discourse. he make peace in his preaches and play with esteem
interjection
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Used to express strong agreement (as if encouraging somebody to continue speaking).
– If you can't do the time, don't do the crime! – Preach!
Similar: church
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: advocate, prophesy, profess, lecture, orate, proclaim, teach, espouse, predicate, propagate, walk, ing, lead, proselytize, homilize, exhort
Translations
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verb give a sermon
| Español | predicar |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 講道 /讲道 jiǎngdào |
| Português | pregar |
| Français | prêcher |
| Deutsch | predigen |
| Italiano | predicare |
| Ελληνικά | κηρύσσω kirýsso |
| Română | predica |
| Русский | пропове́довать propovédovatʹ |
| العربية | خَطَبَ ḵaṭaba, وَعَظَ waʕaẓa |
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