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Preacher (The)

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Solomon, the author of Ecclesiastes (the Preacher).

The glorious preacher. Saint John Chrysostom. (347–407.)

The king of preachers. Louis Bourdaloue. (1632–1704.)

The little preacher. Samuel de Marets, Protestant controversialist. (1599–1663.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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P.P., Clerk of this Parish
Præmonstratensian Monks
Præmunire
Pragmatic Sanction
Prairie Fever (The)
Prating Sophists
Prayer-book Parade
Praying-wheels
Pre-Adamites
Pre-Raphaelites
Preacher (The)
Prebend
Precarious
Preceptor
Précieuses Ridicules (in Molière’s comedy so called)
Preciosa
Precious Stones
Precocious
Prelate
Preliminary Canter (A)
Premier Pas