- present participle of preach.
preaching
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My father drew a fixed salary for preaching, and my mother cooked meals as a volunteer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Much of my life is dedicated to preaching that art, and practicing reverence for it can be the glue that keeps us together when the world wants us torn apart.
From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026
Galicia was preaching at his church in South L.A. when flames engulfed his home, where he lived with an extended family of 10.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Though Awlaki's extremist preaching would come into sharper focus after 9/11, at the time the paintballing video was recorded he already had connections to al-Qaeda operatives and was shortly to be investigated by the FBI.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
“Save the preaching, good father. Make haste to marry us, and God will reward you.”
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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Teal Swan claims she's not a cult leader, but a quick look at the spiritual teacher's controversial preachings and large-scale following raises questions.
From Salon ● May 19, 2022
He later confessed that if he were a young Black man, he wouldn’t follow his own preachings, according to Mufson’s book.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 26, 2021
Imam Doudi and his lawyer insist that many of his preachings are merely stock phrases taken directly from Islam’s sacred texts and are not meant to be taken literally.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2018
Hamilton's preachings soon came to the attention of the Archbishop of St Andrews and the university's chancellor James Beaton who ordered the inquiry which led to his trial and execution.
From BBC ● May 3, 2016
I recommended him to abstain from accompanying us to the bazaar preachings, because I feared that the people would indeed put their threat into execution, but he would not hear of it.
From Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches by T. L. (Theodore Leighton) Pennell