PREACHMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does preachment mean? 

• PREACHMENT (noun)
  The noun PREACHMENT has 1 sense:

1. a sermon on a moral or religious topic

  Familiarity information: PREACHMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PREACHMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sermon on a moral or religious topic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

homily; preachment

Hypernyms ("preachment" is a kind of...):

discourse; preaching; sermon (an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service))

Derivation:

preach (deliver a sermon)

 Context examples 

Think over Mother's preachment, act upon it if it seems good, and God bless you all.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)