preacherlingn.
/ˈpriːtʃəlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpritʃərlɪŋ/ rare.
A petty or inferior preacher.
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1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund II. 27 A certain preacherling pronounced, or was to pronounce, a funeral oration.
2005 www.uusbhc.org 28 Oct. (O.E.D. Archive) I once had a teacher in seminary who tried to make it very clear to us fledgling ministers, us ‘preacherlings’, that [etc.].
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1772- to put one's toe in
- to put one's toe in the water
- to put one's whole heart into
- to put one'the finger on
- to put oneself in a person's mercy
- to put oneself in a person's will
- to put oneself in another person's place
- to put oneself in another person's shoes
- to put oneself in devoir
- to put oneself in place
- to put oneself in press
- to put oneself in shoes
- to put oneself on one's country
- to put oneself on one'the country
- to put oneself out there
- to put oneself outside
- to put oneself to a person's mercy
- to put oneself upon one's country
- to put oneself upon one'the country
- to put oneself upon the country
- to put or drive one to one's shifts
- to put or drive to a shift or shifts
- to put or drive to one's shifts
- to put or drive to the shift or shifts
- to put or set anyone by