preacher

Definition of preacher in English English dictionary: A nickname; A surname; A male given name; Alternative name for Ecclesiastes, the twenty-first book of the Old Testament; Someone who preaches the gospel; a clergyman; {n} a person who preaches, a minister; A given name for a male; Other name for Ecclesiastes, the twenty-first book of the Old Testament; 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; 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; A person who talks, teaches, or publishes religious material; A person who delivers a sermon; {i} one who lectures about religion and the Bible; moralizer, one who discusses moral or ethical standards; (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 ); someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel; One who inculcates anything with earnestness; One who preaches; one who discourses publicly on religious subjects
Preacher's Pulpit: (Coğrafya) Preikestolen or Prekestolen, also known by the English translations of Preacher's Pulpit or Pulpit Rock, and by the old local name Hyvlatonnå (“the carpenter-plane’s blade”), is a massive cliff 604 metres (1982 feet) above Lysefjorden, opposite the Kjerag plateau, in Forsand, Ryfylke, Norway. The top of the cliff is approximately 25 by 25 metres (82 by 82 feet) square, almost flat, and is a famous tourist attraction in Norway
preacher man: someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel
lay preacher: A person who is not ordained but is appointed to lead Church services in a religious denomination
local preacher: A person who is not ordained but is appointed to lead Church services in some religious denominations
preach: {v} to deliver a public discourse, to prate
preach: {n} a sermon, religious discourse, discourse
A preacher: pulpiter
preach: A religious discourse
preach: 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
preach: Advocate or support verbally in an insisting, urging, or inciting manner
preach: deliver a sermon; "The minister is not preaching this Sunday
preach: To deliver or pronounce; as, to preach a sermon
preach: 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
preach: 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: To inculcate in public discourse; to urge with earnestness by public teaching
preach: 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
preach: To give serious advice on morals or religion; to discourse in the manner of a preacher
preach: To advise or recommend earnestly
preach: To teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching
preach: {f} moralize, discuss ethical or moral standards; lecture about religion, give a sermon; lecture, deliver a speech
preach: Give a sermon
preach: 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
preach: To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue
preach: speak, plead, or argue in favour of; "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house"
preach: deliver a sermon; "The minister is not preaching this Sunday"
preach: 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
preach: 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
preachers: plural of preacher

preacher

Hyphenation

preach·er

Turkish pronunciation

priçır

Synonyms

clergy, cleric, clerical, divine, ecclesiastic, evangelist, evangelizer, minister, missionary, parson, pulpiter, reverend, revivalist, sermonizer

Pronunciation

/ˈprēʧər/ /ˈpriːʧɜr/

Etymology

[ 'prEch ] (verb.) 13th century. Middle English prechen, from Old French prechier, from Late Latin praedicare, from Latin, to proclaim publicly, from prae- pre- + dicare to proclaim; more at DICTION.

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