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To deliver a sermon or address to an assembled group of people
“Pastors preach against such beliefs and expectations in village churches on a weekly basis.”
To give moral advice to someone, especially in a pompously self-righteous way
“They constantly preach about the moral failings of the rest of us, yet they keep getting caught with their own pants down.”
To proclaim or spread teachings or information by public discourse
“How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things.”
To advise or recommend earnestly
“Where they don't have the power to carry on persecution and to become masters, they desire to live upon fair terms and preach toleration.”
To inculcate or instill values or teachings
“The Shehu went to great lengths to have his administration and its courts uphold the values of soberness and scholarship, and to preach these values to his followers.”
To state or remark as one's opinion or belief
To comment or pass judgment on issues from a moral standpoint
To convince someone to join such a cause or organization or support such a position, to recruit someone
To tell people about (a particular branch of) Christianity, especially in order to convert them
To promote the use, sale, or acceptance of
To express something definitely or clearly in speech or writing
To scold or talk reprovingly to (someone)
Plural for a talk on a religious or moral subject, especially one given during a church service and based on a passage from the Bible
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