[priːtʃ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- deliver a sermon or religious address to an assembled group of people, typically in church
(e.g: he preached to a large congregation)


Phrases:
- preach to the converted

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French prechier, from Latin praedicare ‘proclaim’, in ecclesiastical Latin ‘preach’, from prae ‘before’ + dicare ‘declare’