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An irreligious person. If it is no more than a moral discourse, he may preach it and they may hear it, and yet both continue unconverted heathens. V. Knox. The heathen, as the term is used in the Scriptures, all people except the Jews; now used of all people except Christians, Jews, and Mohammedans. Ask of me, and I sh…

A beam with projecting spikes, used to make a breach impassable.

, doctrines, books, etc., esp. upon theological subjects. Raw and indigested, heterodox, preaching. Strype.

. -- High altar, the principal altar in a church. -- High and dry, out of water; out of reach of the current or tide; -- said of a vessel, aground or beached. -- High and mighty arrogant; overbearing. [Colloq.] -- High art, art which deals with lofty and dignified subjects and is characterized by an elevated style a…

To reach with a stroke or blow; to strike or touch, usually with force; especially, to reach or touch (an object aimed at). I think you have hit the mark. Shak.

up! wait; stop; forbear. [Collog] -- To hold forth, to speak in public; to harangue; to preach. L'Estrange. -- To hold in, to restrain one's self; as, he wanted to laugh and could hardly hold in. -- To hold off, to keep at a distance. -- To hold on, to keep fast hold; to continue; to go on. "The trade held on for m…

One who speaks in public; an haranguer; a preacher. Addison.

Insincerity; unsoundness; treachery. South.

Close; closely. How home the charge reaches us, has been made out. South. They come home to men's business and bosoms. Bacon.

The art of preaching; that branch of theology which treats of homilies or sermons, and the best method of preparing and delivering them.

One who prepares homilies; one who preaches to a congregation.

r the Son, even as they honor the Father. John v. 23. It is a custom More honor'd in the breach than the observance. Shak.

The endmost plank of a strake which reaches the stem or stern.

Close-fitting trousers or breeches, as formerly worn, reaching to the knee. These men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments. Dan. iii. 21. His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank. Shak.

To buzz; to murmur. [Obs.] Huzzing and burring in the preacher's ear. Latimer.

by the imagination; the same when proposed as a pattern to be copied, or a standard to be reached; one of the archetypes or patterns of created things, conceived by the Platonists to have excited objectively from eternity in the mind of the Deity. Thence to behold this new-created world, The addition of his empire, how…

Reaching an imaginary standard of excellence; fit for a model; faultless; as, ideal beauty. Byron. There will always be a wide interval between practical and ideal excellence. Rambler.

or unskilled; an ignoramous. Did I for this take pains to teach Our zealous ignorants to preach Denham.

Extending beyond the reach of memory, record, or tradition; indefinitely ancient; as, existing from time immemorial. "Immemorial elms." Tennyson. "Immemorial usage or custom." Sir M. Hale. Time immemorial (Eng. Law.), a time antedating (legal) history, and beyond "legal memory" so called; formerly an indefinite time, b…

ll of danger; threatening; menacing; perilous. Hairbreadth scapes i' the imminent deadly breach. Shak.