Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Preaching

Preaching (prēch"ing) , noun

The act of delivering a religious discourse; the art of sermonizing; also, a sermon; a public religious discourse; serious, earnest advice. — Milner
Collocations (2)
Preaching cross , a cross, sometimes surmounting a pulpit, erected out of doors to designate a preaching place.
Preaching friars , See Dominican.