| 单词 |
preachment |
| 释义 |
preachment|ˈpriːtʃmənt|
[ME. prechement, a. OF. prechement, earlier preë(s)chement (12th c. in Godef.), ad. L. praedicāmentum, in med.L. a public speech; cf. predicament, preach v., -ment.]
1. The fact or action of preaching; delivery of a sermon, or of a discourse or exhortation. Now usually: Obtrusive or wearisome discourse.
c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 222 A legate Ottobon þe pape hider sent, To mak þe barons on þorgh his prechement. 13..Reinbrun cviii. in Guy Warw. p. 667 Sire, let be þe prechement: Hit is þe meche schame. c1500Melusine xxiv. 196, I take my dysport in your talkyng & prechement. 1600W. Watson Decacordon (1602) 226 They rose vp presently in armes at Saint Iohns-towne (excited by Knox his preachment). 1660H. More Myst. Godl. vi. xiv. 255 How vain a thing is it to make this Man that Angel that preached the Everlasting Gospel, whenas that Angelical Preachment was at least seven or eight hundred years before he lived. 1672Kirkman Eng. Rogue ii. 247, I..performed my Preachment and Disputation to the general satisfaction of all. 1889D. Hannay Capt. Marryat viii. 125 It [Masterman Ready] is didactic, and yet there is no preachment.
2. With pl. The delivery of a sermon; a sermon, discourse, or exhortation. Usually contemptuous.
c1400Beryn 1263 Is this a sermon, or a prechement? 1565T. Stapleton Fortr. Faith 51 b, To folow the preachments of a few apostat friers and monkes. 1602Warner Alb. Eng. ix. liii. (1612) 238 Making teadious Preachments, of no edifying powre. 1660Milton Brief Notes Serm. Wks. 1738 I. 604 The rest of his Preachment is meer groundless Chat. 1742Richardson Pamela III. 263 There were such Preachments against Vanities, and for Self-denials. 1864J. H. Newman Apol. App. 9 This Volume of Sermons then cannot be criticised at all as preachments; they are essays. |
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