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A preacher is a person who delivers or on topics to an assembly of people. Less common are preachers who preach on the street, or those whose message is not necessarily religious, but who preach components such as a moral or social or .


History
Preachers are common throughout most cultures. They can take the form of a minister on a Sunday morning, or an Islamic . A Muslim preacher in general is referred to as a , while one giving sermons on a Friday afternoon is called a .

The sermon or homily has been an important part of Christian services since Early Christianity, and remains prominent in both and . sometimes figure in these traditions of worship, for example the Methodist local preachers, but in general preaching has usually been a function of the . The sees among its ministers "an unending succession of preachers" who maintain the preaching of the original apostles "until the end of time".Second Vatican Council, Dei Verbum: Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, paragraph 8, published on 18 November 1965, accessed on 24 August 2025 The is officially known as the Order of Preachers (Ordo Praedicatorum in ); of this order were trained to publicly preach in languages, and the order was created by to preach to the of southern France in the early thirteenth century. The are another important preaching order; Travelling preachers, usually friars, were an important feature of late medieval Catholicism.

In most denominations, modern preaching is kept below about 40 minutes, and recommended a maximum of 8 minutes,Graham, J., Do churchgoers need shorter sermons — or longer ones?, , published on 13 June 2024, accessed on 30 August 2025 but, historically, preachers of all denominations could at times speak for well over an hour, sometimes for two or three hours, and use techniques of and theatre that are today somewhat out of fashion in mainline churches.

In many churches in the United States, the title preacher is synonymous with or minister, and the church's minister is often referred to simply as "our/the preacher" or by name such as "Preacher Smith".


Other uses
Preacher is also the supposed author of the Book of . Preacher is one translation of the word (Qoheleth). There is much debate about the identity of this preacher; many believe it is .


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