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preachn.1

Brit. /priːtʃ/, U.S. /pritʃ/
Forms: 1500s preache, 1500s preche (Scottish), 1500s– preach.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: preach v.
Etymology: < preach v. Compare earlier preaching n. 2(a), preachment n. 2.In quot. 1597 after Middle French preche (French prêche) (secular) discourse (c1350), Protestant sermon (1534), Roman Catholic sermon (1580).
colloquial in later use.
An act of preaching; a sermon, a lecture; a solemn discourse or admonition.
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society > education > teaching > means of teaching > [noun] > instructive discourse
lorespellc1000
preachmentc1330
preacha1550
sermona1616
protreptic1656
society > faith > worship > preaching > [noun] > instance of
lorespellc1000
sermona1200
predicationa1325
preachingc1350
collation1417
preachmentc1460
postils1483
preacha1550
exercise1597
sermocination1645
pronea1670
stick1759
a1550 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Wemyss) v. 3392 At Constantinople, quhare he had His duelling and his prechis [other MSS prechynge] maid.
1576 G. Pettie Petite Pallace 79 Welch Sir Richard him selfe can not make a better preache then I can.
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xxviii. 59 According to this forme of theirs..No Sermon, no seruice. Which..occasioned the French spitefully to tearme religion in that sort exercised a meere preach.
1643 in 7th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1879) 445 Mr. Henderson immediately after made a thing between a speech and a preach to us.
1670 in L. B. Taylor Aberdeen Council Lett. (1957) V. 7 By ther eroneous principalls and preaches.
1789 J. Byng Diary 21 June in Torrington Diaries (1935) II. 69 To church we had thoughts of going, until we heard that the preach was not to be heard; and I heard that there was an organ.
1838 Lett. fr. Madras (1843) 138 [I] took the opportunity of being alone with him to give him a preach, and try to do him a little good.
1870 A. D. T. Whitney We Girls vi. 94 I preached a little preach.
1911 F. H. Burnett Secret Garden xix. 198 Once when I was givin' th' children a bit of a preach after they'd been fightin' I ses to 'em all [etc.].
1930 D. H. Lawrence Let. 30 Jan. (1962) II. 1238 Remember that by family you are born moral... There's a preach!—and all the time, here am I in bed too.
2004 Herald Express (Torquay) (Nexis) 21 Feb. 16 I heard a preach in my church on Sunday night in which the pastor declared: [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

preachn.2

Brit. /priːtʃ/, U.S. /pritʃ/
Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: preacher n.
Etymology: Shortened < preacher n. Compare teach n.The following illustrates slightly earlier analogous use as a shortened form of a nickname:1949 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 24 Aug. Old Preach [sc. Elwin C. ‘Preacher’ Roe], a former Redbird, got off to a rocky start.
U.S. colloquial and regional (chiefly southern).
A preacher.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > preacher > [noun]
angelOE
spellera1200
preacher?c1225
sermonerc1325
predicatorc1460
predicant?1519
pulpit man1581
homilist1616
concionator1623
sermonist1630
sermoneera1637
homiliana1641
pulpiteer1643
preachman1647
sermonizer1651
pulpitarian1654
pulpiter1681
predicatory1686
preacher man1848
preach1955
1955 T. Williams Cat on Hot Tin Roof ii. 49 What's all this talk about memorials, Preach? Y' think somebody's about t' kick off around here?
1968 D. Wilkerson (title) Hey, Preach—you're comin' through!
1969 C. F. Burke God is Beautiful, Man (1970) 96 Ananias..puttin' his hands on him like the preach down at the revival camp does.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

preachv.

Brit. /priːtʃ/, U.S. /pritʃ/
Forms: early Middle English preachi, early Middle English prechi, early Middle English prechie, Middle English preachest (2nd singular present indicative, in a late copy), Middle English prec, Middle English prece, Middle English prechy, Middle English preeche, Middle English preke (south-western), Middle English preyche, Middle English priche, Middle English–1500s prech, Middle English–1500s preche, Middle English–1500s preiche, 1500s preache, 1500s pretched (past tense), 1500s pryche, 1500s– preach; English regional 1800s– preych (Yorkshire), 1900s– praych (Devon), 1900s– preeach (Cumberland); Scottish pre-1700 preache, pre-1700 preatch, pre-1700 preche, pre-1700 preich, pre-1700 preitch, pre-1700 presche, pre-1700 pretch, pre-1700 priche, pre-1700 pritch, pre-1700 1700s– preach, pre-1700 1800s prech, pre-1700 1800s preiche, 1800s praech, 1800s praetch, 1800s praich, 1800s preych, 1800s prych, 1900s– praach (Aberdeenshire); also Irish English (northern) 1900s– prache, 1900s– praich.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French preecher, precher.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman preecher, Anglo-Norman and Old French prechier, preechier, Anglo-Norman and Middle French precher, prescher, preschier (late 10th cent. in Old French as pretiet (past participle), prediat (3rd person singular past tense indicative); French prêcher , †prescher ) (transitive) to preach to (a person) (late 10th cent.), to deliver (a sermon) (end of the 11th cent.), to exhort, admonish, reproach (a person) (end of the 12th cent.), (in secular contexts) to proclaim (a thing), make (a thing) known (14th cent.; now obsolete in this sense), (intransitive) to deliver a sermon (first half of the 12th cent. in Anglo-Norman), to utter (especially moral) exhortation (late 12th cent.) < classical Latin praedicāre to proclaim publicly, announce, in post-classical Latin also to preach (see predicate v.).Post-classical Latin praedicare was borrowed at an early date into other Romance and Germanic languages. Compare Old Occitan predicar (c1150 or earlier), prezicar (a1188 or earlier; Occitan predicar , presicar ), Catalan predicar (c1200), †preïcar (13th cent.), Spanish predicar (c1200 or earlier), Portuguese pregar (13th cent. as †preegar , †preguar ), (in learned form) predicar (14th cent.), Italian predicare (beginning of the 13th cent.). Compare also Old English predician (see predicate v.), Old Frisian predikia (West Frisian preekje , with elision of the medial consonant), Middle Dutch prediken , (with elision of the medial consonant) prēken (Dutch preeken , (in elevated style, e.g. biblical contexts) prediken ), Middle Low German prēdiken , prēdeken , prēdigen , prēdegen , etc., also (with elision of the medial consonant) prēken , Old High German predigōn (Middle High German predigen , German predigen ), Old Icelandic prédika (Icelandic predika ), Old Swedish, Swedish predika . The word is not found in Gothic, which uses mērjan ( < the Germanic base of mere adj.1) or laisjan (see lere v.). In Middle English prefixed and unprefixed forms of the past participle are attested (see y- prefix).
In transitive senses (other than 3) occasionally with indirect object of the person preached to.
1.
a. intransitive. To deliver a sermon or religious address.
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society > faith > worship > preaching > preach [verb (intransitive)]
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preach?c1225
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homilize1624
sermonize1635
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pronounce1663
pulpiteer1909
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 58 Ne Preche ȝe to nan mon..Seint pawel for beot wimmon to prechi [a1250 Nero prechen; c1230 Corpus preachin].
c1250 in Englische Studien (1935) 70 343 (MED) Sein gregori prechede wid þe guldene mouþe.
a1300 Passion our Lord 258 in R. Morris Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 44 (MED) Ofte in þe temple ich wes iwuned to preche.
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. 3433 (MED) With gret devocion he precheth Fro point to point and pleinly techeth.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 175 Iesu crist..openlik bigan to preche [a1400 Fairf. preyche].
a1438 Bk. Margery Kempe (1940) i.167 (MED) Aftirward in Lenton prechyd a good clerk, a Frer Austyn.
a1500 (?a1425) Antichrist (Peniarth) in R. M. Lumiansky & D. Mills Chester Myst. Cycle (1974) I. App. 503 (MED) Thrughe hym thowe preches and hast postye a whyle thrughe sufferaunce.
1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 45 Till all Creature for to preiche.
1568 (?a1513) W. Dunbar in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 148 Sic pryd with prellattis, So few till preiche & pray.
1610 Bible (Douay) II. Isa. lxi. 1 He hath sent me to preach to the meek.
1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 28 Christ urg'd it as wherewith to justifie himself, that he preacht in publick.
1697 W. Bates Acct. Life P. Henry in Wks. (1853) II. 674/1 He preached over the former part of the Assembly's Catechism, from divers texts; he also preached over Psalm 116.
1735 B. Franklin Dialogue between Two Presbyterians 10 Apr. in Papers (1960) II. 31 Did not Luther at first preach only against selling of Pardons.
1762 J. Wesley Let. 26 Nov. (1931) IV. 356 The first time I preached at Swalwell (chiefly to colliers and workers in the ironwork) none seemed to be convinced.
1794 W. Blake Little Vagabond in Songs Innoc. & Experience 14 Then the Parson might preach & drink & sing.
1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park III. iii. 68 I could not preach, but to the educated. View more context for this quotation
1854 J. H. Newman Lect. Hist. Turks iii. ii. 168 The Greek clergy preached against them as heretics.
1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles III. xlvi. 121 I have arranged to preach, and I shall not be there.
1915 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Island v. 52 He mostly takes a text and preaches about something else.
1948 A. Paton Cry, Beloved Country i. xiii. 91 His friend Msimangu would preach this afternoon, in the chapel that he had seen.
2004 N.Y. Times 31 July a3/1 He came back with even stronger religious convictions and began preaching in the ground-floor activity room of his apartment block.
b. intransitive. To utter a serious or earnest exhortation, esp. a moral or religious one. Now usually derogatory: to give moral or religious advice in a self-righteous, condescending, or obtrusive way.
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society > faith > worship > preaching > preach [verb (intransitive)] > in tiresome way
preachc1395
preachify1776
c1395 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale 247 Thow..prechest on thy bench with yuel preef.
a1425 (?c1350) Ywain & Gawain (1964) 3489 (MED) If þou preche al day, Here sal þou nothing bere oway.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. lxxxvii. 110 They were brought to his tent, and there they were so preched to that they tourned to sir Charles parte.
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. iv. 117 His forme and cause conioynd, preaching to stones Would make them capable. View more context for this quotation
1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 74 It is none of my Talent to preach; these Men were too wicked, even for me.
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison V. xxv. 158 Let us..when we are called upon to act a great or manly part, preach by action.
1806 T. C. Metcalfe in Marquess Wellesley Select. Despatches (1877) 807 To meet their ambition..with the language of peace, would be to preach to the roaring ocean to be still.
a1834 S. T. Coleridge in P. G. Patmore Friends & Acquaint. (1854) I. 89 ‘Pray, Mr. Lamb, did you ever hear me preach?’ ‘Damme,’ said Lamb, ‘I never heard you do anything else.’
1875 W. S. Hayward Love against World 45 Why do you preach to me in that manner?
1916 E. H. Porter Just David xix. 250 There! That's preaching, and I didn't mean to preach.
1953 M. Kennedy Troy Chimneys (new ed.) 14 A wife should listen when her husband preaches, however tedious he may be.
2004 Snoop Feb.–Mar. 27/2 We're not ones to preach, it could be just as difficult for them to find a good ‘siddhi saadhi’ lady.
c. intransitive. to preach to the converted and variants: to advocate something to people who already share one's convictions about its merits or importance. Also (originally and chiefly U.S.) to preach to the choir.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail [verb (intransitive)] > expend effort on something futile
to shoe the goose14..
to send (also carry, etc.) owls to Athens1548
to break, crush, a fly upon the wheel1606
to carry coals to Newcastlea1614
to bang (also run, bash, etc.) one's head against a brick wall1689
to preach to the converted1857
to be on a hiding to nothing1905
to chase one's tail1963
1857 Times 6 Nov. 7/4 It is an old saying that to preach to the converted is a useless office, and I may add that to preach to the unconvertible is a thankless office.
1867 J. S. Mill Exam. Hamilton's Philos. (ed. 3) xiv. 319 Dr. M'Cosh is preaching not only to a person already converted, but to an actual missionary of the same doctrine.
1916 G. Saintsbury Peace of Augustans iii. 144 One may be said to be preaching to the converted and kicking at open doors in praising..the four great novelists of the eighteenth century.
1970 Washington Post 24 Sept. a27/2 Foster spoke yesterday before a packed Air Force Association seminar... Admitting that this was like ‘preaching to the choir’, he nevertheless went on to detail a rather gloomy view of declining U.S. defense capabilities.
1987 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald Amer. 28 June e2/1 The people behind some ‘Say No to Drugs’ programs admit they often draw a clean-cut crowd and may be preaching to the choir.
1996 Market Trader & Shopkeeper 11 Oct. 6/3 After the meeting I could not help thinking how easy it was to preach to the converted.
2.
a. transitive. To proclaim, expound, or promulgate (a religious message, doctrine, etc.) by speaking in public. Also with clause as object.
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society > faith > worship > preaching > preach [verb (transitive)]
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sermonize1860
a1300 (?a1250) Serm. (Trin. Cambr.) in Bull. Mod. Humanities Res. Assoc. (1928) 2 107 (MED) I halse Iou..þat gif men preche Iou godis word þat no man ne make his herte hard tare ageines.
c1300 St. Barnabas (Laud) 43 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 27 To prechi cristindom.
c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 1528 (MED) Seinte peter..sende seint Marc þe ewangelist in to egypt vor to preche Þen gospel þat he adde imaked.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Cor. i. 23 We prechen Crist crucified.
?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 188 (MED) Eche prest owiþ to do his myȝt, his wit, & his wille to preche cristis gospel.
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) 1826 (MED) Cuthbert..Prechid to þaim goddis worde.
a1500 (c1400) St. Erkenwald (1977) 13 (MED) Þen prechyd he here þe pure faythe.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. lxi. A Ye Lorde hath anoynted me, & sent me, to preach good tydinges vnto the poore.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. x. sig. Y3v Ioseph of Arimathy, Who brought with him the holy grayle, (they say) And preacht the truth.
1610 Bible (Douay) II. Psalms lxvii. 12 The Lord shall give the word to them that preach good tidings with great power.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xli. 263 He was to preach unto them, that he was the Messiah.
1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 227 They..will not only privately inform, but publickly Preach to the Corporation both good and wholsome Doctrine. View more context for this quotation
1760 W. Law Of Justif. by Faith & Wks. 30 To the Heathens..he preaches the same Doctrine.
1782 J. H. St. J. de Crèvecoeur Lett. from Amer. Farmer xii. 306 Missionaries who have been sent to preach to them a Gospel they cannot understand.
1864 Ld. Tennyson Sea Dreams 21 Not preaching simple Christ to simple men.
1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles III. xlvi. 121 A poster whereon was printed the day, hour, and place..at which he..would preach the Gospel.
1916 C. S. Hurgronje Mohammedanism iv. 165 Beduins whose outward appearance has as little changed as their minds since the day when Mohammed began here to preach the Word of Allah.
1949 V. S. Reid New Day i. ix. 48 We pastors, whatever our failings, have never but preached the Word of God to the people.
1992 G. Vidal Live from Golgotha xii. 118 This was when Jesus entered history, preaching the usual Reform Rabbi line.
b. transitive. To set forth or teach (something) with earnest exhortation; to advocate or inculcate by discourse or writing; to exhort people to (an act, practice, etc.). Also with clause as object.
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society > education > teaching > instilling ideas > instil ideas [verb (intransitive)] > preach
preachc1384
sermonize1753
society > education > teaching > instilling ideas > instil ideas [verb (transitive)] > preach something
preachc1384
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c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Mark vi. 12 Thei..prechiden that men schulden do penaunce.
a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 6181 [To] preche us povert and distresse, And fisshen hemsilf gret richesse.
a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) cxxi. 8 I prechid pes, that neghburs & brethere be samynd in charite.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. 136 [He] preched to theym that they shulde disheryte the erle Loyes.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) v. i. 175 My Mr preaches patience to him. View more context for this quotation
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 723 And to them preachd Conversion and Repentance, as to Souls In prison. View more context for this quotation
1709 M. Prior Hans Carvel 47 At first He therefore Preach'd his Wife The Comforts of a Pious Life.
1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 60 They occasionally preached pleasure, and lived up to the text.
1791 T. Paine Rights of Man i. 77 Let..Mr Burke continue to preach his anti-political doctrine of Church and State.
1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice III. xi. 198 The usual satisfaction of preaching patience to a sufferer is denied me, because you have always so much. View more context for this quotation
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 47 He practised the lesson..which Hesiod only preached.
1943 G. Greene Ministry of Fear ii. i. 138 It was all very well for Tolstoy to preach non-resistance: he had had his heroic violent hour at Sevastopol.
1989 Money Observer Jan. 17/1 Prince Charles could not be doing a better job for us than preaching that traditional architecture is what people want!
c. transitive. to preach up: to commend, extol, or support by preaching; to speak in praise of. to preach down: to decry or oppose by preaching; to speak against; to put down or silence by preaching. Cf. talk v. 9a.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > commend or praise [verb (transitive)] > by preaching
to preach up1641
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > denunciation > denounce [verb (transitive)] > by preaching
to preach down1641
1641 Preparative to Studie 4 If I be once inflam'd against thy Foes That would preach down thy worth in small-beer-prose.
1644 J. Goodwin Θεομαχια 10 [He] preacheth error up, and truth downe.
1656 D. Dickson Sel. Pract. Writings (1845) I. 212 To preach up the glory of God's free grace.
1679 T. Hobbes Behemoth 167 The Presbyterian Preachers..by a long practis'd Histrionick Faculty, preached up the Rebellion powerfully.
1724 A. Collins Disc. Grounds Christian Relig. Pref. 56 Preaching down the receiv'd notions both of Jews and Gentiles.
1741 H. Fielding Shamela Pref. A little Book..of which..no doubt, you have already heard mention..for we have made it our common Business here, not only to cry it up, but to preach it up likewise.
1750 J. Mayhew Disc. Submission 51 These gentlemen generally preach down the doctrine of the imputation of Adam's sin to his posterity, as absurd and unreasonable.
1796 C. Burney Mem. Life Metastasio II. 190 It is easy to preach up fasting, upon a full stomach.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth x, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 279 Thou thyself shalt preach up the pardoning of injuries.
1855 Ld. Tennyson Maud x. iii, in Maud & Other Poems 37 Last week came one to the county town, To preach our poor little army down.
1896 Jewish Chron. 15 May 10/1 I would ask them..to consider whether Zionism..really deserves to be preached down as a standing danger to Israel's progress.
1966 C. Hill Cent. of Revol. 14 A series of new canons which ordered the clergy to preach up the Divine Right of Kings.
1983 P. O'Brian Treason's Harbour v. 136 It has been preached down as a vanity, and as something leading to the knacker's yard.
2005 Philippine Daily Inquirer (Nexis) 23 June He could laugh off a hoax and preach down a dictator.
3. transitive. To address, exhort, or preach to (a person), esp. on a religious subject. Obsolete.
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society > education > teaching > instilling ideas > instil ideas [verb (transitive)] > preach to or at
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c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) 1932 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 162 (MED) Seint thomas at Caunterburi..Stod and prechede al þat folk.
a1325 St. Mary Magdalen (Corpus Cambr.) 112 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S.-Eng. Legendary (1956) 306 (MED) Heo prechede þe prince and is wif of god lawe.
c1330 (?c1300) Amis & Amiloun (Auch.) (1937) 618 (MED) Artow prest oþer persoun, Oþer þou art monk oþer canoun, Þat prechest me þus here?
c1395 G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale 824 They prechen hire, they telle hire nyght and day That causelees she sleeth hir self.
c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. Prol. 56 (MED) I fond þere Freris..Prechinge þe peple for profit of þe wombe.
a1450 (c1400) in D. M. Grisdale 3 Middle Eng. Serm. (1939) 66 (MED) Take non hede..of false profites..þat cum to ȝow e cloþyng o mekenes & holi leuyng for to teche or to preche ȝow.
c1500 Melusine (1895) 196 How, sire knyght,..are ye come hither for to preche vs?
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. 576 The foles & outragious people..sayd howe they were preched inough.
1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 45 He shall preach ye..about giving Cæsar his Due.
4. transitive. To deliver (a sermon or religious address or discourse); to utter as a sermon. In early use also more generally: †to speak or utter publicly, to announce, proclaim (obsolete). Also intransitive.
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the mind > language > speech > speech-making > deliver (a speech) [verb (transitive)]
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a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1969) Isa. iii. 9 Þer synne as sodom þei precheden & hidden not.
a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) ii. 59 Koude he nevere so wel of lovyng preche, It made his hewe a-day ful ofte greene.
c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn 119 (MED) Thouȝe it be no grete holynes to prech þis ilk matere..ȝit..Endurith for a while.
1483 W. Caxton in tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 174/1 Saynt austyn preched a glorious sermone & declared there to the kynge the crysten feythe openlye.
c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 2207 When Priam hade his prologe preched to ende, Ector hym answarede.
1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. M1 Is it not lawfull for him to take monie in his cure for preaching funerall sermons?
1625 Bp. Hall (title) A Sermon of publike Thancksgiuing preacht before his Matie.
1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 82 He cooks by the Hour-Glass, as the Parsons preach Sermons.
1715 D. Defoe Family Instructor I. i. iii. 69 I had such a Lecture preach'd to me Yesterday by a little dear Infant.
1798 S. T. Coleridge Fears in Solitude 4 Words that even yet Might stem destruction, were they wisely preach'd.
1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park I. xi. 233 A man..cannot go to church twice every Sunday and preach such very good sermons..as he does, without being the better for it. View more context for this quotation
1850 N. Hawthorne Scarlet Let. xii. 190 He preached a discourse which was held to be the richest and most powerful..that had ever proceeded from his lips.
1872 ‘M. Twain’ Roughing It xlvii. 334 ‘Now if we can get you to help plant him—’. ‘Preach the funeral discourse? Assist at the obsequies?’
1914 Daily News 7 July 6 My Scot one morning preached me a fiery sermon on the poetry of lawn tennis.
1958 Western Polit. Q. 11 202 We are caught..preaching a story which the simple ‘beep beep’ of Sputnik so eloquently denies.
1997 Church Times 11 July 12/2 Many a rousing sermon was preached in the hills by ministers.
5. transitive. To bring or put into or out of some specified state by preaching.
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society > faith > worship > preaching > preach [verb (transitive)] > bring into specific condition by preaching
preach1616
sermonize1768
1616 B. Jonson Epicœne iv. iv, in Wks. I. 574 We had a Preacher that would preach folke asleepe still. View more context for this quotation
1682 A. Behn Roundheads iii. 19 Is this your Business Sir, to rail against my Cloaths, as if you intended to preach me into my Primitive Nakedness again?
a1716 R. South 12 Serm. (1717) VI. 335 He may preach his Heart out.., and all to no Purpose.
1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote I. iii. i. 120 I think Mr. Whitfield might have preached you into better manners.
1826 T. Hood Recipe for Civilization in Whims & Oddities 17 What reverend bishop..Could preach horn'd Apis from his temple?
1852 M. Arnold Empedocles on Etna, & Other Poems i. ii These hundred doctors try To preach thee to their school.
1916 S. Leacock in G. Lynch & D. Rampton Canad. Ess. (1991) 24 Genial clergy of ample girth..are preaching him out of existence.
1985 Frederick (Maryland) Post 21 Sept. b5 President Woodrow Wilson..preached us into the delusion that we should go abroad for monsters to destroy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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