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Preachment

noun

A sermon on a moral or religious topic. Synonym: homily.

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"Preachment" Quotes from Famous Books

... upon this molehill here, That raught at mountains with outstretched arms, Yet parted but the shadow with his hand.— What! was it you that would be England's king? Was 't you that revell'd in our Parliament, And made a preachment of your high descent? Where are your mess of sons to back you now? The wanton Edward and the lusty George? And where's that valiant crook-back prodigy, Dicky your boy, that with his grumbling voice Was ...

— King Henry VI, Third Part • William Shakespeare [Rolfe edition]

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... A Preachment to the Student. In studying the wild-animal mind, the boundary line between Reality and Dreamland is mighty easy to cross. He who easily yields to seductive reasoning, and the call of the wild imagination, soon will become a dreamer ...

— The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals • William T. Hornaday

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... present standards. Few of the people who praise this Sermon would think it proper to abide by all the teachings therein. Christian parents do not wish their children to follow either the letter or the spirit of this famous preachment. It begins in the fifth ...

— The Mistakes of Jesus • William Floyd

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Words linked to "Preachment" : preaching, homily, preach, discourse, sermon