preachment

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English

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Etymology

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Partly from preach +‎ -ment, partly after Anglo-Norman prechement.

Noun

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preachment (countable and uncountable, plural preachments)

  1. (now chiefly depreciative) Preaching; sermonizing. [from 14th c.]
  2. An instance of preaching; a sermon or homily. [from 15th c.]
    • 2015 September 12, Steven Erlanger, “Are Western values losing their sway? [print version: Did liberalism win? It's not clear, International New York Times, 14 September 2015, p. 7]”, in The New York Times[1]:
      Many of the emerging powerhouses of globalization, like Brazil, are interested in democracy and the rule of law, but not in the preachments of the West, which they regard as laced with hypocrisy.