preaching has definitions from the field of religion
1
[ noun ] (religion) an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)

Synonyms

sermon discourse

Used in print

(Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)

This does not mean that mythological language as_such can no_longer be used in theology and preaching .

The same thing is also evidenced by the extreme `` culture Protestantism '' so often observed to characterize the preaching and teaching of the American churches .

(Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)

`` Stick_to the preaching of the Gospel '' !

Why , oh why , does n't he stick_to preaching the Gospel , instead of meddling in civic affairs , politics , economics , and social issues that are no concern of the Church '' ?

2
[ noun ] a moralistic rebuke

Synonyms

sermon

Examples

"your preaching is wasted on him"

Related terms

lecture preach

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