Prayer vs Preaching - What's the difference?
prayer | preaching |
A practice of communicating with one's God.
The act of praying.
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, title= The specific words or methods used for praying.
A meeting held for the express purpose of praying.
A request; a petition.
The act of delivering a sermon or similar moral instruction.
* 1833 , William Steven, The history of the Scottish church, Rotterdam (page 63)
As nouns the difference between prayer and preaching
is that prayer is a practice of communicating with one's god or prayer can be one who prays while preaching is the act of delivering a sermon or similar moral instruction.As a verb preaching is
.prayer
English
(wikipedia prayer)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer .}}
Synonyms
* orison, precationDerived terms
* not have a prayer * prayer book * prayer meeting * friday prayer * prayer wheelEtymology 2
(pray).preaching
English
(wikipedia preaching)Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- And, as I know from what you have now found upon your own souls, since he came amongst you, while under the preachings and persuadings of such a singularly serious Gospel minister, you will be restlessly solicitous till he be settled