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preach·er

(prē′chər)

One who preaches, especially one who publicly proclaims the gospel for an occupation.

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preacher

(ˈpriːtʃə)

1. (Protestantism) a person who has the calling and function of preaching the Christian Gospel, esp a Protestant clergyman

2. a person who preaches

Preacher

(ˈpriːtʃə)

(Bible) the Preacher Bible the author of Ecclesiastes or the book of Ecclesiastes

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

preach•er

(ˈpri tʃər)

n.

1. a person whose occupation or function it is to preach the gospel.

2. a person who preaches.

[1175–1225; Middle English precho(u)r < Old French prech(e)or, earlier preëch(e)or < Late Latin praedicātor. See preach, -or²]

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Noun

preacher - someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel

preacher man, sermoniser, sermonizer

clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend - a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church

evangelist, gospeler, gospeller, revivalist - a preacher of the Christian gospel

preacher

noun clergyman, minister, parson, missionary, evangelist, revivalist a self-educated Methodist lay preacher

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

preacher

noun

A person ordained for service in a Christian church:

churchman, churchwoman, clergyman, clergywoman, cleric, clerical, clerk, divine, ecclesiastic, minister, parson.

Informal: reverend.

Translations

واعِظ

kazatel-ka

prædikant

Prediger

predicador

prédicateur prêcheur

igehirdetõ

predikari

kazateľ

pridigar

vaiz

传道士

preacher

[ˈpriːtʃəʳ] N [of sermon] → predicador(a) m/f (US) (= minister) → pastor(a) m/f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

preacher

[ˈpriːtʃə^r] n

(= giver of sermon) → prédicateur m

(US) (= clergyman) → pasteur m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

preacher

n → Prediger(in) m(f); (fig: = moralizer) → Moralprediger(in) m(f); all these preachers of détente → alle diese Entspannungsprediger

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

preacher

[ˈpriːtʃəʳ] n (of sermon) → predicatore m (Am) (minister) → pastore m

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

preach

(priːtʃ) verb

1. to give a talk (called a sermon), usually during a religious service, about religious or moral matters. The vicar preached (a sermon) on/about pride.

2. to speak to someone as though giving a sermon. Don't preach at me!

3. to advise. He preaches caution.

ˈpreacher noun

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Among these was Kit's mother, who, finding it matter of extreme difficulty to keep her eyes open after the fatigues of last night, and feeling their inclination to close strongly backed and seconded by the arguments of the preacher, had yielded to the drowsiness that overpowered her, and fallen asleep; though not so soundly but that she could, from time to time, utter a slight and almost inaudible groan, as if in recognition of the orator's doctrines.

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AN Itinerant Preacher who had wrought hard in the moral vineyard for several hours whispered to a Holy Deacon of the local church:

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The first shed we come to the preacher was lining out a hymn.

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On Monday the women are off to the milliners to spend more money than ever; the city men are off to business to make more money than ever--while my grocer, loud in my praises in his Sunday coat, turns up his week-day sleeves and adulterates his favorite preacher's sugar as cheerfully as usual!

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Happen I shall do the coortin' an' the religion both together, as YE do, Seth; but ye wouldna ha' me get converted an' chop in atween ye an' the pretty preacher, an' carry her aff?"

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"The Preacher who was king over Israel in Jerusalem thought as I think.

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And not in vain did the youths sit before the preacher of virtue.

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It was a negro church; and the preacher's text was about the blackness of darkness, and the weeping and wailing and teeth-gnashing there.

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After giving many good reasons for charity, the preacher wound up with 'and, for all you give, you will be repaid a thousandfold!' Oh the utter meanness of such a motive, to be put before men who do know what self-sacrifice is, who can appreciate generosity and heroism!

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Nearing the central part her echoes were intruded on by other sounds; and seeing the barn not far off the road, she guessed these to be the utterances of the preacher.

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But when I had occasion to write to him again, and persisted in making him a preacher, his second letter brought a postscript: "I have no claim to 'Rev.'" I knew most of the coloured men who at that time had become prominent as leaders of their race, but I had not then known one who was neither a politician nor a preacher; and I had not heard of the head of an important coloured school who was not a preacher.

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She declared she had heard grandmother was going to make a Baptist preacher of me.