4. To teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching. [R.] "As ye are preached." Southey.
5. To advise or recommend earnestly. My master preaches patience to him. Shak. To preach down, to oppress, or humiliate by preaching. Tennyson. — To preach up, to exalt by preaching; to preach in support of; as, to preach up equality.
PREACH
Preach, n. Etym: [Cf. F. prêche, fr. prêcher. See Preach, v.]
Defn: A religious discourse. [Obs.] Hooker.
PREACHER Preach"er, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. preeschierre, prescheur, F. prêcheur, L. praedicator.]
1. One who preaches; one who discourses publicly on religious subjects. How shall they hear without a preacher Rom. x. 14.
2. One who inculcates anything with earnestness. No preacher is listened to but Time. Swift. Preacher bird (Zoöl.), a toucan.
PREACHERSHIP
Preach"er*ship, n.
Defn: The office of a preacher. "The preachership of the Rolls."
Macaulay.
PREACHIFY
Preach"i*fy, v. i. Etym: [Preach + -fy.]