1. An address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)
   "The preaching emphasized the need for community service";
   - sermon, discourse
    
2. A moralistic rebuke
   "your preaching is wasted on him";
   - sermon

1. Deliver a sermon
   "The minister is not preaching this Sunday";
   - prophesy
    
2. Speak, plead, or argue in favour of
   "She preached the importance of education";
   - advocate

Derived forms: preachings

Type of: address, exhort, lecture, press, speech, talk, talking to [informal], urge, urge on

Encyclopedia: Preaching