preachment

Noun

1. Preaching; sermonizing.
   • I have a reason, a new one, for this preachment upon a text you have given me. - 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter LXVIII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII),...
   • He refrained too from making the occasion an opportunity for any preachment as to the maintenance of discipline […] - 1888–1891, Herman Melville, “[Billy Budd, Foretopman.] Chapter...
2. An instance of preaching; a sermon or homily.
   • Many of the emerging powerhouses of globalization, like Brazil, are interested in democracy and the rule of law, but not in the preachments of the West, which they regard as laced with hypocrisy. - 2015 September 12,...