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Preaching

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Address 76% connected

To aim; to direct.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Lecture 76% connected

The act of reading; as, the lecture of Holy Scripture.

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Speech 76% connected

The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power of speaking.

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Baccalaureate 76% connected

The degree of bachelor of arts. (B.A. or A.B.), the first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and colleges.

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Evangelism 76% connected

The preaching or promulgation of the gospel.

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Homily 76% connected

A discourse or sermon read or pronounced to an audience; a serious discourse.

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Preachment 76% connected

A religious harangue; a sermon; -- used derogatively.

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Moralize 74% connected

To apply to a moral purpose; to explain in a moral sense; to draw a moral from.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Moralize 74% connected

To apply to a moral purpose; to explain in a moral sense; to draw a moral from.

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Discourse 92% connected

The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a conclusion; an exercise or act of…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sermon 92% connected

A discourse or address; a talk; a writing; as, the sermons of Chaucer.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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