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Preachment

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

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Discourse 76% 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 0% interchangeable

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Preaching 76% connected

of Preach

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sermon 76% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Preach 74% connected

To proclaim or publish tidings; specifically, to proclaim the gospel; to discourse publicly on a religious subject, or from a text of Scripture; to d…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Preach 74% connected

To proclaim or publish tidings; specifically, to proclaim the gospel; to discourse publicly on a religious subject, or from a text of Scripture; to d…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Homily 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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