preacher
Delivers Sunday sermons
A preacher is someone who delivers sermons or religious instruction, typically a minister or clergy member.
The word often implies passionate, moralizing speech: He's preaching to the choir.
Outside religious contexts, preacher can describe anyone who lectures others about how they should behave: Don't be such a preacher about my diet.
Church speaking platform
- homilyReligious discourse on scripture
- scriptureSacred religious writings
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- gospelSacred choral tradition
exhortation · proclamation · parishioners · message · doctrine · text · passage · biblical
Christian congregation leader
- ministerReligious leader or serve
- priestOne who performs sacraments
- reverendWorthy of veneration
- chaplainInstitutional clergy member
parson · vicar · rector · cleric · bishop · deacon · elder · evangelist
Deliverance from harm
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- sinViolation of divine law
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
- conversionAct of changing states
grace · holiness · righteousness · heaven · hell · damnation · atonement · forgiveness
Advice for decisions
- counselExpert guidance offered
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
- instructionGuidance for action
- moralConcerning right conduct
ethics · scripture · parables · lesson · admonition · correction · edification · discipleship
Intensely hot or passionate
- charismaticCompellingly attractive to others
- thunderingProducing deep, loud sound
- passionateIntensely emotional or enthusiastic
- eloquentFluent and persuasive
persuasive · fervent · zealous · animated · dramatic · impassioned · commanding · compelling
pulpit
Church speaking platform
- homilyReligious discourse on scripture
- scriptureSacred religious writings
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
gospel · exhortation · proclamation · parishioners · message · doctrine · text · passage · biblical · liturgy
pastor
Christian congregation leader
chaplain · parson · vicar · rector · cleric · bishop · deacon · elder · evangelist · missionary
salvation
Deliverance from harm
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- sinViolation of divine law
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
conversion · grace · holiness · righteousness · heaven · hell · damnation · atonement · forgiveness · baptism
guidance
Advice for decisions
- counselExpert guidance offered
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
- instructionGuidance for action
moral · ethics · scripture · parables · lesson · admonition · correction · edification · discipleship · mentorship
fiery
Intensely hot or passionate
- charismaticCompellingly attractive to others
- thunderingProducing deep, loud sound
- passionateIntensely emotional or enthusiastic
eloquent · persuasive · fervent · zealous · animated · dramatic · impassioned · commanding · compelling · rousing
- Old Westcowboy, cowboys, cowgirl, sheriff, sheriffs
- church peoplepriest, parson, vicar, curate, rector
- persuaderspersuader, orator, orators, public speaker, speechmaker
- public figurespolitician, celebrity, activist, journalist, pundit
- religious figuresJesus, Buddha, Muhammad, Moses, Abraham
- village folkvillage elder, town crier, shopkeeper, barkeep, innkeeper
preachercongregant
Member of a worship assembly
layperson · layman · parishioner · laywoman · laity
preachersecularist
Advocate for nonreligious governance
atheist · materialist · secular · nonbeliever · worldling
- preach to the convertedPersuade those already agreeing
- preach to the choirAdvocate to supporters already
- preaches to the choirAdvocates to sympathizers
- preached to the choirAdvocated to supporters needlessly
- practice what one preachesBehave consistently with stated beliefs
- practicing what one preachesMatching actions to words
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