See Also: preachment(dictionary)

preachment (iou)



preachment noun. Now usu. derog. ME.
[Old French prechement from late Latin praedicamentum that which is predicated, (in medieval Latin) preaching, sermon: see PREDICAMENT.]
A (tedious or obtrusive) sermon or exhortation; delivery of such a discourse, sermonizing.
D. Acheson The moralistic..preachments of the State Department.