Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

preachment

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: preach-ment
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Preaching; sermonizing.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An instance of preaching; a sermon or homily.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"I have a reason, a new one, for this preachment upon a text you have given me."
"He refrained too from making the occasion an opportunity for any preachment as to the maintenance of discipline […]"
"Many of the emerging powerhouses of globalization, like Brazil, are interested in democracy and the rule of law, but not in the preachments of the West, which they regard as laced with hypocrisy."

Etymology

Partly from preach + -ment, partly after Anglo-Norman prechement.

Word Breakdown

Root: prechement
Suffix: preach

Usage

Inflected Forms

preachments (plural)

Synonyms

homily

Questions

What does preachment mean?: Preaching; sermonizing.
Where does preachment come from?: Partly from preach + -ment, partly after Anglo-Norman prechement.

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