preaching : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: preaching	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for preaching
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
preaching n an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service) Synonym(s): sermon, discourse, preaching a moralistic rebuke; "your preaching is wasted on him" Synonym(s): sermon, preaching
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Preach \Preach\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Preached}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Preaching}.] [OE. prechen, OF. preechier, F. pr[88]cher, fr. L. praedicare to cry in public, to proclaim; prae before + dicare to make known, dicere to say; or perhaps from (assumed) LL. praedictare. See {Diction}, and cf. {Predicate}, {Predict}.] 1. To proclaim or publish tidings; specifically, to proclaim the gospel; to discourse publicly on a religious subject, or from a text of Scripture; to deliver a sermon. How shall they preach, except they be sent? --Rom. x. 15. From that time Jesus began to preach. --Matt. iv. 17. 2. To give serious advice on morals or religion; to discourse in the manner of a preacher.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Preaching \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}.