Pulpitry

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The teachings of the pulpit; preaching. obsolete, uncountable

    "that this is the true flourishing of a land, other things follow as the shadow does the substance; to teach thus were mere pulpitry to them."

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"that this is the true flourishing of a land, other things follow as the shadow does the substance; to teach thus were mere pulpitry to them."

Etymology

From pulpit + -ry.

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