Preacher bird(Zoöl.), a toucan.

Preachership
(Preach"er*ship), n. The office of a preacher. "The preachership of the Rolls." Macaulay.

Preachify
(Preach"i*fy) v. i. [Preach + -fy.] To discourse in the manner of a preacher. [Colloq.] Thackeray.

Preaching
(Preach"ing), n. The act of delivering a religious discourse; the art of sermonizing; also, a sermon; a public religious discourse; serious, earnest advice. Milner.

Preaching cross, a cross, sometimes surmounting a pulpit, erected out of doors to designate a preaching place. — Preaching friars. See Dominican.

Preachman
(Preach"man) n.; pl. Preachmen A preacher; — so called in contempt. [Obs.] Howell.

Preachment
(Preach"ment) n. A religious harangue; a sermon; — used derogatively. Shak.

Preacquaint
(Pre`ac*quaint") v. t. To acquaint previously or beforehand. Fielding.

Preacquaintance
(Pre`ac*quaint"ance) n. Previous acquaintance or knowledge. Harris.

Preact
(Pre*act") v. t. To act beforehand; to perform previously.

Preaction
(Pre*ac"tion) n. Previous action.

Preadamic
(Pre`a*dam"ic) a. Prior to Adam.

Preadamite
(Pre*ad"am*ite) n. [Cf. F. préadamite.]

1. An inhabitant of the earth before Adam.

2. One who holds that men existed before Adam.

Preadamitic
(Pre*ad`am*it"ic) a. Existing or occurring before Adam; preadamic; as, preadamitic periods.

Preadjustment
(Pre`ad*just"ment) n. Previous adjustment.

Preadministration
(Pre`ad*min`is*tra"tion) n. Previous administration. Bp. Pearson.

Preadmonish
(Pre`ad*mon"ish), v. t. To admonish previously.

Preadmonition
(Pre*ad`mo*ni"tion) n. Previous warning or admonition; forewarning.

Preadvertise
(Pre*ad`ver*tise") v. t. To advertise beforehand; to preannounce publicly.

Preamble
(Pre"am`ble) n. [LL. praeambulum, from L. praeambulus walking before, fr. praeambulare to walk before; prae before + ambulare to walk: cf. F. préambule. See Amble.] A introductory portion; an introduction or preface, as to a book, document, etc.; specifically, the introductory part of a statute, which states the reasons and intent of the law.

Preacher to Precession

Preacher
(Preach"er) n. [Cf. OF. preeschierre, prescheur, F. prêcheur, L. praedicator.]

1. One who preaches; one who discourses publicly on religious subjects.

How shall they hear without a preacher?
Rom. x. 14.

2. One who inculcates anything with earnestness.

No preacher is listened to but Time.
Swift.

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