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Meanings of street preaching in английском

Public proselytization of a religious message to crowds of people in open places.

        Usage of street preaching in английском
        1
        No one could exactly shine at street preaching at first, you know.
        The Judge
        2
        Our work began as a simple religious movement, with street preaching.
        Cast Adrift
        3
        From his youth he was fond of street preaching.
        Recollections of a Long Life: An Autobiography
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        In 1829, he was well known, if not for street preaching, for loud discussions and pavement exhortations, but he did not make set sermons.
        The Narrative of Sojourner Truth
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        First, we had George Lee standing around on Merrion Street preaching doom and gloom to the camera.
        The Irish Times
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        Street preaching was added to the apostolic agencies, and for this prudence dictated recourse to the Asiatic and Eurasian converts.
        The Life of William Carey, Shoemaker & Missionary
        7
        "I do not approve of street preaching myself," I remarked, a little severely.
        The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 354, October 9, 1886