as in to evangelize
to deliver a sermon
a minister who loves to preach
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Recent Examples of preach
During his papacy, John Paul II preached service, the responsibility for peace and the protection of life.
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Gabriele Regalbuto, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2025
The public viewing for Pope Francis rolled into its second day Thursday as tens of thousands of the faithful and curious paid their respects to the quietly strong pontiff who preached empathy and inclusion to the world's 1.4 billion Catholics throughout a 12-year reign.
—John Bacon, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
The Timberwolves preached ball and body movement all week in preparation for Game 1 of their first-round series against the Lakers on Saturday.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 20 Apr. 2025
All season, Wolves wing Donte DiVincenzo has preached the power of having both options at the team’s disposal.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 22 Apr. 2025
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Gabriele Regalbuto, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2025
The public viewing for Pope Francis rolled into its second day Thursday as tens of thousands of the faithful and curious paid their respects to the quietly strong pontiff who preached empathy and inclusion to the world's 1.4 billion Catholics throughout a 12-year reign.
—John Bacon, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
The Timberwolves preached ball and body movement all week in preparation for Game 1 of their first-round series against the Lakers on Saturday.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 20 Apr. 2025
All season, Wolves wing Donte DiVincenzo has preached the power of having both options at the team’s disposal.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 22 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for preach
Verb
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Our Seek the City to Come initiative harnessed the wisdom of 6,000 voices that guided my decision to revitalize parishes as evangelizing missionary centers.—
William E. Lori,
Baltimore Sun,
24 Apr. 2025
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The two traveled to China to evangelize, but became severely ill.—
Carolyn Kellogg,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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The sermonizing lands hardest near the beginning and end of Life of Pi, where director Max Webster lets things get a little slack and starry-eyed.—
Vulture,
Vulture,
30 Mar. 2023
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Raised in the segregated south, he was steeped in the tradition of Confederate preachers who sermonized to their flocks in the CSA on the holiness of white supremacy and characterized the Christian god as inherently racist.—
Jared Yates Sexton,
The New Republic,
25 Mar. 2020
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“Preach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preach. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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