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41preach|ment — «PREECH muhnt», noun. 1. the act or practice of preaching. 2. a long, tiresome sermon or speech: »Most parents tend to rely on preachments to impart their values to their children (Sidonie M. Gruenberg) …
42preach to the choir — verb Speaking as if to convince a person or group of something which that person or group already believes. Jay Branegan says each side will be preaching to the choir. Democrats will make the argument thats been successful with their base . . .… …
43preach to the converted — to talk about something with a group of people who already agree with you. Many websites seem to only preach to the converted, but others attract all sorts of people …
44preach the gospel — 1) to tell people about Jesus 2) to try to persuade people to accept something that you believe in very strongly They preach the gospel that inequality is neither right nor inevitable …
45preach — Synonyms and related words: address, admonish, advise, advocate, catechize, caution, charge, counsel, deliver a lecture, discourse, encourage, enjoin, evangelize, exhort, explain, exposit, expostulate, expound, harangue, hold forth, homilize,… …
46preach — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. exhort, evangelize, lecture, sermonize, moralize, preachify (inf.). See rite, teaching. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. exhort, discourse, moralize, teach, lecture, talk, harangue, inform, address. III (Roget …
47preach — v. a. RG. 392 == exhort. Alys. 2042 …
48preach — prɪËtʃ v. moralize, discuss ethical or moral standards; lecture about religion, give a sermon; lecture, deliver a speech …
49preach up — Commend urgently, talk up, urge by exhortation, unduly extol …
50preach — I. v. a. 1. Proclaim (as in a religious discourse), declare, publish, pronounce, deliver. 2. Inculcate, teach, urge, press urgently. II. v. n. 1. Deliver sermons, discourse on religious subjects. 2. Prate sanctimoniously, exhort over righteously …
