- to proclaim or make known by sermon (the gospel, good tidings, etc.).
- to deliver (a sermon).
- to advocate or inculcate (religious or moral truth, right conduct, etc.) in speech or writing.
- to deliver a sermon.
- to give earnest advice, as on religious or moral subjects or the like.
- to give earnest advice in an obtrusive or tedious way.
- See entry at preach to the choir.
- to make known (religious truth) or give religious or moral instruction or exhortation in (sermons)
- to advocate (a virtue, action, etc), esp in a moralizing way
