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Preaching
- verb - a moralistic rebuke; "your preaching is wasted on him"
- an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)
- deliver a sermon; "The minister is not preaching this Sunday"
- speak, plead, or argue in favor of; "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house"
Precedent
- adjective - (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
- a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time)
- a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws; "common law originated in the unwritten laws of England and was later applied in the United States"
- an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time
- preceding in time, order, or significance
Preceding
- verb - be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"
- be the predecessor of; "Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands"
- come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"
- existing or coming before
- furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"
- move ahead (of others) in time or space
- of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office; "a retiring member of the board"
Precising
- verb - make a summary (of)
Predating
- verb - be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"
- come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"
- establish something as being earlier relative to something else
- prey on or hunt for; "These mammals predate certain eggs"
Predicant
- - Predicating; affirming; declaring; proclaiming; hence; preaching.
Prefacing
- verb - furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"
Preferent
- adjective - preferred above all others and treated with partiality; "the favored child"
Prefident
- - Trusting beforehand; hence, overconfident.