Definition of preach Preach

/pɹiˈʧ/ - [preech] - preach

We found 17 definitions of preach from 6 different sources.

What does preach mean?

Verb preaches, preaching, preached
preach - speak, plead, or argue in favor of; "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house"
		advocate
		exhort, urge on, urge, press force or impel in an indicated direction; "I urged him to finish his studies"
		preachify, sermonise, sermonize, moralise, moralize speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements; "This man always sermonizes"
preach - deliver a sermon; "The minister is not preaching this Sunday"
		prophesy
		lecture, talk deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"
		evangelise, evangelize convert to Christianity; "The missionaries evangelized the Pacific Islanders"

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preach (Noun)
A religious discourse.
preach (Verb)
Give a sermon.
preach (Verb)
Advocate or support verbally in an insisting, urging, or inciting manner.

preach (v. i.)
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.
preach (v. i.)
To give serious advice on morals or religion; to discourse in the manner of a preacher.
preach (v. t.)
To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue.
preach (v. t.)
To inculcate in public discourse; to urge with earnestness by public teaching.
preach (v. t.)
To deliver or pronounce; as, to preach a sermon.
preach (v. t.)
To teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching.
preach (v. t.)
To advise or recommend earnestly.
preach (v.)
A religious discourse.

preach
prēch, v.i. to pronounce a public discourse on sacred subjects: to discourse earnestly: to give advice in an offensive or obtrusive manner.—v.t. to publish in religious discourses: to deliver, as a sermon: to teach publicly.—n. (coll.) a sermon.—ns. Preach′er, one who discourses publicly on religious matter: a minister or clergyman; Preach′ership.—v.i. Preach′ify, to preach tediously: to weary with lengthy advice.—ns. Preach′ing, the act of preaching: a public religious discourse: a sermon; Preach′ing-cross, a cross in an open place at which monks, &c., preached.—n.pl. Preach′ing-frī′ars, the Dominicans.—n. Preach′ment, a sermon, in contempt: a discourse affectedly solemn.—adj. Preach′y, given to tedious moralising.—Preach down, and up, to decry, or the opposite. [Fr. prêcher (It. predicare)—L. prædicāre, -ātum, to proclaim.]