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unˈpreaching, ppl. a.
[un-1 10.]
1. Omitting or neglecting to preach; characterized by absence of preaching.
1549Latimer 6th Serm. bef. Edw. VI (Arb.) 167 The deuill..hath set vppe a state of vnpreachynge prelacye in this Realme... He hath made vnpreachynge prelates. 1585Abp. Sandys Serm. iii. 60 Woe therefore to the idle and Idol pastor, to the dumme dogge, to the vnpreaching minister! 1630J. Taylor (Water P.) Sculler Wks. iii. 20/1 Who dares say that like a drone or moath, Like an vnpreaching Priest he liues by Sloath? 1660Prynne Unbish. Tim. (ed. 2) 95 Idle, proud, ambicious, unpreaching Prelates. 1732Neal Hist. Purit. I. 372 There are severe expressions against the unpreaching clergy. 1828J. T. Rutt Burton's Diary III. 203 Praising that Bishop at the expense of unpreaching prelates. 1850Marsden Early Purit. iv. 124 Her successor on the throne..discouraged preaching... We became an un⁓preaching church.
†2. spec. Not undertaking the duty of preaching; merely reading the services of the Church. Obs.
1574Whitgift Def. Answ. 482 Bycause a chylde may reade the booke, dothe it therefore mainteyne an vnpreaching ministerie? 1588J. Udall Demonstr. Discipline (Arb.) 38 If vnpreaching ministers cannot be made without the manifest breach of the commaundement of God. 1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. xxxii. §3 That..we..maintaine an vnpreaching ministerie, is neither aduisedly nor truly spoken. 1642Fuller Holy & Prof. St. v. xi. 402 Sacraments received from ignorant and unpreaching Ministers. 1710H. Bedford Vind. Ch. Eng. 161 There were several unpreaching Ministers, whose..Business it was to read the publick Prayers. |