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preacher (iou)



preacher noun. ME.
[Anglo-Norman prech(o)ur, Old French prech(e)or from ecclesiastical Latin praedicator, formed as PREDICATE verb: see -ER2.]
A person who preaches, esp. one whose function it is to preach the gospel, a minister of religion; spec. a person licensed to preach. ME.
lay preacher: see LAY adjective. local preacher: see LOCAL adjective.
S. Pepys To church, and there being a lazy preacher I slept out the sermon.
In full friar preacher. A Dominican friar. Cf. preaching friar s.v. PREACH verb. obsolete exc. Hist. ME.
the Preacher, Solomon as supposed speaker in the Book of Ecclesiastes. Also, that book of the Bible. M16.
Comb.: preacher-man US dial. a male preacher.
preacheress noun a female preacher M17.
preacherly adjective of or pertaining to a preacher or preachers E20.
preachership noun the position or office of preacher M17.