Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of delivering a sermon or similar moral instruction.

    Predigen

    пропове́дничествоpropovédničestvo

More definitions
  • a moralistic rebuke
  • an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)

Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
the act of preaching:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the act of preaching:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English prechynge.

Inherited from Middle English prechynge.

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Forms

plural: preachings
Singularpreaching
Pluralpreachings

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a moralistic rebuke:sermon
  • an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service):sermondiscourse

Word family

2 related words
Relatedpreach

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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