Dictionary Entry

preach

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/pɹiːt͡ʃ/Used In Literature ↓

A religious discourse.

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Common Phrases

. preachchrist preach

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Poetry examples for “preach”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

Thus while immortal Gibber only sings
(As ----- and H---y preach) for queens and kings,
The nymph that ne'er read Milton's mighty line,

In every scene some moral let it teach,
And if it can, at once both please and preach.
Let mine an innocent gay farce appear,

Drink with the squire, and kiss his wife;
On Sundays preach, and eat his fill;
And fast on Fridays--if he will;

France had shown a light to all men, preach’d ‘a
Gospel, all men’s good ;

And ye! ye ministers and stewards of a Word
Which ye would preach, because another heard—
Ye worshippers of that ye do not know,

Flowers preach to us if we will hear:--
The rose saith in the dewy morn,

Nor credence to the world’s cries give,
Which ever preach and still prevent
Pure passion’s high prerogative

'Tis not their bearing each to each
That does abroad their secret preach,
But such a lovely good-intent

And along the Salten Fiord
Preach the Gospel with my sword,
Or be brought back in my shroud!"

All the prayers he knew by rote,
He could preach like Chrysostome,
From the Fathers he could quote,