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   Preach

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   verb

   • 1. deliver a sermon or religious address to an assembled group of people, typically in church: "he preached to a large congregation" Similar give a sermondeliver a sermonsermonizespread the gospelevangelizeaddressspeakrare:gospelize
   • ▪ publicly proclaim or teach (a religious message or belief): "a church that preaches the good news" Similar proclaimteachspreadpropagateexpoundexplainmake known
   • ▪ earnestly advocate (a belief or course of action): "my parents have always preached toleration and moderation" Similar advocaterecommendadviseurgeexhortteachcounselchampioninculcateinstil
   • ▪ give moral advice to someone in an annoying or pompously self-righteous way: "viewers want to be entertained, not preached at" Similar moralizebe moralisticsermonizepontificatelectureharangueinformal:preachifyrare:ethicize
   • ▪ used to affirm one's approval of or support for a stated opinion, advocated course of action, etc.: "“Please continue to speak up if you see bullying—it could save another's life.” “Preach!”"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French prechier, from Latin praedicare ‘proclaim’, in ecclesiastical Latin‘preach’, from prae ‘before’ + dicare ‘declare’.

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   verb (used with object) to proclaim or make known by sermon (the gospel, good tidings, etc.). to deliver (a sermon). to advocate or inculcate (religious or moral truth, right conduct, etc.) in speech or writing.

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   To preach is to deliver a sermon or an otherwise powerful message. You may go to church to hear the minister preach, and you may preach tolerance to your friends.

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   What does preach mean in slang?

   • » Slang.org What does Preach mean? An exclamation that is used to convey agreement or affirmation to a speaker, used as a word of encouragement. A term that is said when you are in complete agreement with someone, asking them to continue speaking. To earnestly deliver a sermon to an assembled group of people, typically in a church.

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   What do people mean by preach?

   • preach. There is no single meaning, but is used to convey a casual sense of affirmation, acknowledgement, said in agreement, something that is real, absolute, well said, a person dropping mad knowledge while unconsciously projecting who they are onto others and exposing him or her self as a hypocrite. Or to indicate that something has impressed you favorably but everyone really knows the person doing the preaching is clueless and talking out of their ass.

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   What does the name preach mean?

   • What does the word “preach” mean? The word “preach” comes from the Greek word kerusso , which means to proclaim, to declare, to announce, or to herald a message . It was the message proclaimed by the kerux , who was the official spokesman or herald of a king.

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   • said to give encouragement to a person dropping mad knowledge. "Preach" has no single meaning, but is used to convey a casual sense of affirmation, acknowledgement, Said in agreement, something that is real, absolute, well said, a person dropping mad knowledge, Or to indicate that something has impressed you favorably. Its usage among young blacks has been parodied ad nauseam among clueless ...

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