preach

Definition von preach im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: Advocate or support verbally in an insisting, urging, or inciting manner; Give a sermon; {v} to deliver a public discourse, to prate; {n} a sermon, religious discourse, discourse; A religious discourse; When a member of the clergy preaches a sermon, he or she gives a talk on a religious or moral subject during a religious service. At High Mass the priest preached a sermon on the devil The bishop preached to a crowd of several hundred local people He denounced the decision to invite his fellow archbishop to preach; deliver a sermon; "The minister is not preaching this Sunday; To deliver or pronounce; as, to preach a sermon; speak, plead, or argue in favour of; "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house" deliver a sermon; "The minister is not preaching this Sunday; 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; To inculcate in public discourse; to urge with earnestness by public teaching; If you say that someone is preaching to the converted, you mean that they are wasting their time because they are trying to persuade people to think or believe in things that they already think or believe in; To give serious advice on morals or religion; to discourse in the manner of a preacher; To advise or recommend earnestly; To teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching; {f} moralize, discuss ethical or moral standards; lecture about religion, give a sermon; lecture, deliver a speech; If you say that someone practises what they preach, you mean that they behave in the way that they encourage other people to behave in. He ought to practise what he preaches; To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue; speak, plead, or argue in favour of; "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house"; deliver a sermon; "The minister is not preaching this Sunday"; disapproval If someone gives you advice in a very serious, boring way, you can say that they are preaching at you. `Don't preach at me,' he shouted; When people preach a belief or a course of action, they try to persuade other people to accept the belief or to take the course of action. The Prime Minister said he was trying to preach peace and tolerance to his people Health experts are now preaching that even a little exercise is far better than none at all For many years I have preached against war
preach to the choir: 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 that's been successful with their base . . . Republicans are merely helping the rich..
preach to the converted: Alternative form of preach to the choir
preach to the choir: try hard to convince someone of something they already believe
preach to the converted: try hard to convince someone of something they already believe
Preacher: A nickname
Preacher: A surname
Preacher: A male given name
Preacher: Alternative name for Ecclesiastes, the twenty-first book of the Old Testament
preached: Simple past tense and past participle of preach
preaches: Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preach
preaching: The act of delivering a sermon or similar moral instruction
preaching: Present participle of preach
preacher: {n} a person who preaches, a minister
Preacher: A given name for a male
Preacher: Other name for Ecclesiastes, the twenty-first book of the Old Testament
Preaching: predication
To preach: concionate
preached: past of preach
preacher: Preaching is only one function of the ordained ministry in the Episcopal Church and so preacher is not an appropriate synonym for bishop, priest or deacon
preacher: Someone who preaches the gospel; a clergyman
preacher: A preacher is a person, usually a member of the clergy, who preaches sermons as part of a church service. someone who talks about a religious subject in a public place, especially at a church
preacher: A person who talks, teaches, or publishes religious material
preacher: A person who delivers a sermon
preacher: {i} one who lectures about religion and the Bible; moralizer, one who discusses moral or ethical standards
preacher: (The) Solomon, the author of Ecclesiastes (the Preacher) The glorious preacher Saint John Chrysostom (347-407 ) The king of preachers Louis Bourdaloue (1632-1704 ) The little preacher Samuel de Marets, Protestant controversialist (1599-1663 )
preacher: someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel
preacher: One who inculcates anything with earnestness
preacher: One who preaches; one who discourses publicly on religious subjects
preachers: plural of preacher
preaches: third-person singular of preach
preaching: The act of delivering a religious discourse; the art of sermonizing; also, a sermon; a public religious discourse; serious, earnest advice
preaching: a moralistic rebuke; "your preaching is wasted on him"
preaching: an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)

preach

Türkische aussprache

priç

Synonyme

address, deliver, deliver sermon, evangelize, exhort, give sermon, homilize, inform, minister, mission, missionary, orate, prophesy, pulpiteer, sermonize

Aussprache

/ˈprēʧ/ /ˈpriːʧ/

Etymologie

[ 'prEch ] (verb.) 13th century. Middle English prechen Old French precchier (Modern French prêcher) Latin praedicāre, present active infinitive of praedicō.