plural preachers
: one who preaches: such as
a
: a person who delivers a sermon publicly
a street preacher
b
: one whose function is to preach sermons : pastor, minister
She waited patiently on a Sunday morning until the crowd had said good-by to the preacher.—
Don Jeffries
Don Jeffries"What kind of preacher are you? What denomination?" "I was ordained in a Baptist church, but I'm sort of nondenominational now."—John Grisham
John Grisham
c
: one who inculcates or exhorts something earnestly or officiously
… he was an ardent preacher of gentlemanly ethics …—Paul Schullery
Paul Schullery… he was perceived by the larger world, not inaccurately, as a preacher of the hatred.—Nicholas Lemann
Nicholas LemannSynonyms
Examples of preacher in a Sentence
the marriage will be performed by our usual preacher
Recent Examples on the Web
The pair raised their children on a farm in Arkansas, where William was a physician and preacher.
—Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 16 May 2024
My mother’s mother, a preacher’s daughter, born in North Carolina in the early 1900s, washed dishes to pay for her room and board to attend college for a couple of years.
—Ayla Samli, Longreads, 14 May 2024
Keitel will play a mysterious hippie preacher in the film about two U.S. marshals on a dangerous mission to arrest Benjamin Bonney, an outlaw wanted for murder, only to see a desert ambush thwart their plans.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2024
The film kicks into gear with the introduction of the winning Raka and escalates with Proximus Caesar’s swaggering entrance as a charismatic preacher who has twisted a messiah’s words into hate.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
The preacher said the gun jammed when the suspect walked up to him and pulled the trigger at Jesus' Dwelling Place Church in North Braddock.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 6 May 2024
His counterpart was George Angell, the president of the Massachusetts SPCA and the son of a Baptist preacher, who founded a newsletter called Our Dumb Animals and packed its pages with treacly poetry and stories written from the perspective of horses.
—Ben Goldfarb, The Atlantic, 18 Apr. 2024
Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7 have killed more than 100 preachers, including religious scholars, imams, muezzins (those who perform the call to prayer), and hafiz (Muslims who have memorized the Quran), according to the ministry.
—Sana Noor Haq, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024
They were named for Izz al-Din al-Qassam, a preacher in Haifa who urged Muslims that only their guns would save them from the British turning their land into a Jewish homeland.
who played a big role in the uprising.
—Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2024
Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 16 May 2024
My mother’s mother, a preacher’s daughter, born in North Carolina in the early 1900s, washed dishes to pay for her room and board to attend college for a couple of years.
—Ayla Samli, Longreads, 14 May 2024
Keitel will play a mysterious hippie preacher in the film about two U.S. marshals on a dangerous mission to arrest Benjamin Bonney, an outlaw wanted for murder, only to see a desert ambush thwart their plans.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2024
The film kicks into gear with the introduction of the winning Raka and escalates with Proximus Caesar’s swaggering entrance as a charismatic preacher who has twisted a messiah’s words into hate.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
The preacher said the gun jammed when the suspect walked up to him and pulled the trigger at Jesus' Dwelling Place Church in North Braddock.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 6 May 2024
His counterpart was George Angell, the president of the Massachusetts SPCA and the son of a Baptist preacher, who founded a newsletter called Our Dumb Animals and packed its pages with treacly poetry and stories written from the perspective of horses.
—Ben Goldfarb, The Atlantic, 18 Apr. 2024
Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7 have killed more than 100 preachers, including religious scholars, imams, muezzins (those who perform the call to prayer), and hafiz (Muslims who have memorized the Quran), according to the ministry.
—Sana Noor Haq, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024
They were named for Izz al-Din al-Qassam, a preacher in Haifa who urged Muslims that only their guns would save them from the British turning their land into a Jewish homeland.
who played a big role in the uprising.
—Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2024
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