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1 preach
[pri: ]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.) pridigati2) (to speak to someone as though giving a sermon: Don't preach at me!) pridigati3) (to advise: He preaches caution.) svetovati•- preacher* * *I [pri:č]1.intransitive verbpridigati (to; srenji, pred srenjo), imeti pridigo; figuratively narediti komu pridigo;2.transitive verbpridigati kaj; poučevati, opominjati na kajto preach down — pridigati proti (komu, čemu), grajatiII [pri:č]nouncolloquially pridiga -
2 apostle
[ə'posl]((often with capital) a man sent out to preach the gospel in the early Christian church, especially one of the twelve disciples of Christ: Matthew and Mark were apostles.) apostol* * *[əpɔsl]nounapostol, blagovestnik; figuratively vnet zagovornik kake ideje -
3 practise
['præktis]1) (to do exercises to improve one's performance in a particular skill etc: She practises the piano every day; You must practise more if you want to enter the competition.) vaditi2) (to make (something) a habit: to practise self-control.) uriti se3) (to do or follow (a profession, usually medicine or law): He practises (law) in London.) imeti prakso•* * *[praektis]1.transitive verb British Englishvaditi, uriti; opravljati, vršiti, izvrševati, izpolnjevati; varati koga;2.intransitive verbdelati, ravnati; prakticirati, imeti prakso (zdravnik, advokat); vaditi se, uriti se; spletkaritito practise (up)on — izrabiti koga, obrniti sebi v prid, zlorabitipractise what you preach — delaj še sam tako, kot pridigaš drugim -
4 pulpit
['pulpit](a raised box or platform in a church, where the priest or minister stands, especially to preach the sermon.) prižnica* * *[púlpit]nounprižnica, pridigarji, pridiganje -
5 sermon
['sə:mən](a serious talk, especially one given in church based on or discussing a passage in the Bible: The text for this morning's sermon is taken from the fifth chapter of Exodus.) pridiga* * *[sɜ:mən]1.nounpridiga; figuratively oštevanje, grajalna pridiga, leviti; figuratively dolgočasen govor (pridiga)to deliver a sermon — imeti pridigo, pridigatito preach a sermon to s.o. — narediti komu pridigo, levite brati komu;2.transitive verbpridigati, levite brati (komu); intransitive verb (redko) pridigati
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preach — preach·able; preach·er; preach·er·less; preach·er·ly; preach·er·ship; preach·ifi·ca·tion; preach·ify; preach·i·ly; preach·i·ness; preach·ment; un·preach; preach; preach·ing·ly; … English syllables
preach — [ pritʃ ] verb * 1. ) intransitive or transitive to talk about a religious subject at a religious meeting, especially in church: preach a sermon: The Reverend Hugh McKeag preached the sermon. preach to: That afternoon he preached to three… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Preach — Preach, v. t. 1. To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue. [1913 Webster] That Cristes gospel truly wolde preche. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] The Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
preach — [pri:tʃ] v [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: prechier, from Late Latin praedicare, from Latin dicare to say publicly ] 1.) [I and T] to talk about a religious subject in a public place, especially in a church during a service preach to ▪… … Dictionary of contemporary English
preach´i|ly — preach|y «PREE chee», adjective, preach|i|er, preach|i|est. Informal. 1. inclined to preach: »Of the 1,400 odd books…many, of course, are teachy, preachy pills of moralism (Newsweek) … Useful english dictionary
preach|y — «PREE chee», adjective, preach|i|er, preach|i|est. Informal. 1. inclined to preach: »Of the 1,400 odd books…many, of course, are teachy, preachy pills of moralism (Newsweek) … Useful english dictionary
Preach — Preach, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Preached}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Preaching}.] [OE. prechen, OF. preechier, F. pr[^e]cher, fr. L. praedicare to cry in public, to proclaim; prae before + dicare to make known, dicere to say; or perhaps from (assumed) LL.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Preach — Preach, n. [Cf. F. pr[^e]che, fr. pr[^e]cher. See {Preach}, v.] A religious discourse. [Obs.] Hooker. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
preach — (v.) late O.E. predician, a loan word from Church Latin, reborrowed 12c. as preachen, from O.Fr. prechier (11c.), from L.L. predicare to proclaim publicly, announce (in Medieval Latin to preach ), from L. prae before (see PRE (Cf. pre )) + dicare … Etymology dictionary
preach — [v1] speak publicly about beliefs address, deliver, deliver sermon, evangelize, exhort, give sermon, homilize, inform, minister, mission, missionary, orate, prophesy, pulpiteer, sermonize, talk, teach; concepts 51,285,367 preach [v2] lecture,… … New thesaurus
preach — ► VERB 1) deliver a religious address to an assembled group of people. 2) earnestly advocate (a principle). 3) (preach at) give moral advice to (someone) in a self righteous way. DERIVATIVES preacher noun. ORIGIN Old French prechier, from Latin… … English terms dictionary